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I hosted. Comments always welcome. [radio116.20050225.mp3 [22.8 MB (49:42) 64 kbps]

by Cyrus Farivar 02:00 AM Feb. 25, 2005 PT Fans of the Star Trek: Enterprise TV show are protesting the show’s cancellation with street demonstrations in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, London and Tel Aviv. Trekkies are holding rallies worldwide on Friday to bring attention to their cause. Rallies will be held at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles and at the offices of CBS and the Sci-Fi channel in New York. Additional rallies are set for the local Fox…

Reuters: Thu Feb 24, 2005 01:54 PM ET By Thomas Atkins GENEVA (Reuters) – The “digital divide” between rich and poor nations is narrowing fast, the World Bank said on Thursday, calling into question a costly United Nations campaign to bring hi-tech telecommunications to the developing world. As some 1,700 international experts gathered in Geneva to prepare for the U.N.’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the World Bank said in a report that telecommunications services to poor countries…

Ed: The following is an assignment for my book writing class that is due tomorrow on the theme of “Ties that Bind”. I just finished it. We’re supposed to practice writing narrative non-fiction. Comments always welcome. This is a tale from my adventures in Guinea-Bissau in 2003. Farivar, Cyrus February 21, 2005 Prof. Freedman “Ties that Bind” WC: 2572 When we arrived on the island, we were told it was like the Hotel California. Lucienne, Sara and I had just…

So as you may recall, I wrote a story for the Times about podcasting back in October. Lo and behold, I discover that this morning, not only is there another story on podcasting in the Times — but that it’s on page A1! (Below the fold, but still.) The story really doesn’t add that much, besides the fact that it has the voices of more podcasters and mentions that there’s talk of sponsorship and so forth. Essentially it’s the same…

I have been able to finish up this great piece, which I did for my Radio Documentary class, on a friend of mine’s adventures at a Youssou N’Dour concert last summer. Enjoy. lisa_and_youssou.20050219.mp3 [2.7 MB (5:48) 64 kbps]

Check out our new show, along with the new blog to go along with it (that I put together!) I did the first newscast. Comments always welcome.

If you’d like to gain an inside knowledge to the new radio show that we’re working on at Columbia, check out our new blog Radio116. And if you’ve caught the podcasting bug, our feed is here. My first piece, on subway technology is available here: [radio116.subwaytech.20050211.mp3 [1.3 MB (3:00) 64 kbps] Comments always welcome.

So I’m reading The Kite Runner and on the front of the paperback, there’s a blurb from Entertainment Weekly which reads: “A moving portrait of modern Afghanistan.” Now I don’t read EW, but I’d be willing to be that they don’t have a Kabul bureau. And I’d also be willing to bet that the closest that any EW staffer ever got to Afghanistan was probably some place like Paris. Modern Afghanistan indeed.