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Radio Workshop

Uptown Radio...April 5, 2007

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Newscast 1
     Sitara Nieves has today's headlines. Transcript

NYC's Middle Class Squeeze
     Host Gretchen Cuda talks with Andrea Batista Schlessinger, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute, about a public policy strategy to sustain and grow the middle class in New York City. Transcript

Combating Date Violence
     New York launches a campaign to fight relationship abuse among young people. Tania Haas reports. Transcript

First Woman Fuss
     Host Gretchen Cuda wonders why people are obsessed with the "first woman [insert noun]" label. Transcript

Baseball is Back in New York
     The New York Yankees played the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the first Major League Baseball game of the season in New York. Peter O'Dowd joined the festivities in the Bronx before Monday's game began. Peter O'Dowd reports. Transcript

Homeless Iraq Veterans: A Documentary
     An increasing number of veterans of the Iraq war are coming home -- only to become homeless. Lisa Desai files this documentary. Transcript

Newscast
     David Gura has the headlines... Transcript

Atantic Yards Legal Tussle
     Community groups filed a lawsuit this morning against the controversial Atlantic Yards Project, citing environmental concerns. Jennifer Collins reports. Transcript

Church Leaders Speak Out Against Raids
     New York church leaders call for an end to immigration raids and deportation. Lily Jamali reports. Transcript

My Family's Brush with Deportation
     Sitara Nieves talks about how her family's deportation scare altered her views on the immigration debate. Transcript

Venice and the Islamic World
     A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art focuses on the relationship between Venice and its principal Islamic trading partners, and its impact on the arts. Bilal Qureshi reports. Transcript

Taxi of the Future
     Host Gretchen Cuda talks with Deborah Marton, the executive director of the design trust for public space, which is sponsoring the Taxi07 exhibit at the New York International Auto Show. Transcript

Human Cannonball
     Host Aileen Humphreys talks with the Ringling Brothers' human cannonball. Transcript

Few Attend Minutemen Protest
     An event featuring the anti-illegal immigration Minutemen Project sparked controversy last October when a group of students stormed the state. The students were issued warnings last week, and Minutement supporters came to Columbia to protest. Rebecca Kaufman reports. Transcript

The Crew

Broadcast Hosts: Aileen Humphreys & Gretchen Cuda
Executive Producer: Peter O'Dowd
Director:
Senior Producer: Tania Haas
Managing Editor: Ellen Gabler
Day Reporters: Lisa Desai & Lily Jamali
Board Operator: Irene Jay Liu
Mac: Christopher Bragg
Studio Producer: Henok Fente
Newscasters: David Gura & Sitara Nieves
Webcaster: Kaufman Rebecca
Advisors :
John Dinges
Amy Costello
Rick Karr

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