Books About Oysters on the Next Delmarva Today

On the Next Delmarva Today, we'll sit down with 2 authors who have written fascinating books about a vanishing way of life on the Chesapeake Bay.

Christopher White's book is called Skipjack: The Story of America’s Last Sailing Oystermen. Christine Keiner's book is The Oyster Question.

This Friday at 9AM on WSDL, 90.7FM

Do you enjoy a good debate?

Modeled on the British program Intelligence Squared, IQ2US is an Oxford-style debate that is provocative, intellectually rich, humorous, and dramatic. For each debate a motion is proposed. Then, three panelists argue for the motion and three argue against it, with a moderator controlling the proceedings. After the formal arguments, the debate is thrown open to the floor for questions, triggering a lively interchange among the speakers and audience members. Each side attempts to persuade the audience to vote their way. This adversarial context is electric, adding drama and excitement to the proceedings. The live audience will vote on the motion both before and after hearing the arguments, so there is a clear measure of how far people have actually been swayed. Those votes are tallied during the evening and announced at the end with a clear side winning.

We will broadcast IQ2 on the last full week of every month.
Join us for the next debate this Friday at 9AM on WSDL, 90.7 FM.

Revitalizing Downtown Salisbury

If you were listening this morning (Nov. 20) during Morning Edition, you may have heard this report from Don Rush about the City of Salisbury's efforts to revitalize the downtown area.

Here is a nifty little youtube video the city produced to get people to come to the Third Friday event.

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The National Day of Listening

So, Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Edna are flying in from Schenectady to spend Thanksgiving with your family. After the food and the football, what do you do? Why not take an hour to record your loved ones? All it takes is a tape recorder (or any recording device) and a few good questions.

How will Aunt Edna or Uncle Jimmy answer these questions.....

What was the happiest moment of your life?

What are you most proud of?

When in life did you feel the most alone?

The answers just might surprise you. Plus, you'll have a recoding of a loved one's voice that you can treasure forever.

That's what the National Day of Listening, the day after Thanksgiving, is all about. We encourage you to participate. For instructions, including sample questions and a do it yourself guide, visit www.nationaldayoflistening.org

Below is a video the StoryCorps folks put together to get you started.....

On the Next Delmarva Today

On the next Delmarva Today, we'll take a look at some of the films in this years lineup at the 2009 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.

In the second half of our program, we'll look at how swine flu is impacting our area.

This Friday at 9AM on WSDL 90.7 FM.

The Patchwork Nation

If you have been watching the NewsHour on PBS lately, you may have seen the special series of reports on the "Patchwork Nation". It a county by county demographic breakdown of how counties are dealing with the economic downturn.
You can browse the counties across the nation by clicking on the image above.

To jump directly to your state and county, click here .