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First Aired - 09/11/2011 04:30PM
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This week on a special and emotional episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by Jessica Jamroz, co-designer of the "Empty Sky" 9/11 memorial in Liberty State Park. Curtis & Jessica remember the tragic events at 9/11 and discuss how monuments can console the families of those lost in the attacks. Tune in to learn what inspired Jessica in her design of the iconic memorial in Liberty State Park. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
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Burning Down the House: Remembering 9/11 (5:58)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Burning Down the House, Heritage Radio Network, New Jersey 9/11 memorial, monument, memorial, Jessica Jamroz, Drew Gurian,Empty Sky Memorial in Liberty State Park (13:14)
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Liberty State Park, Empty Sky, memorial, symbolic design, Ground Zero, Frederic Schwartz Architects,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/05/2010 12:00PM
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This week, Bernie Wides talks all about the vernal equinox and its history.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Vernal Equinox (15:17)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, Hearst Ranch, vernal equinox, the sun and the earth are at right angles to each other, northern hemisphere, the second equinox occurs in September, Earth's axis, astronomy, Easter, Christianity, first sunday after the first full moon, The Great Sphinx, Cybele, Julian Day Calendar, Pagan religions, resurrection legends, http://www.religioustolerance.org/, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Passover, timing of Easter, religious traditions, changing of seasons, Ancient Britain, Anglo-Saxons, megalith, Stonehenge, Ireland,Faith & The Equinox (14:40)
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back stone lit up with golden sunlight, Ostara, Easter was derived from her name, fertility goddess, Ancient Mayans, El Castillo, the illusion of a diamondback snake in decent, Mexico, King Arthur, Jesus Christ, Persia, modern day Iran, Islam, Zoroasterism, ancient Romans, Israel, BC, Before Christ, the better term is BCE, Before Common Era, AD, not used much anymore, Anno Domini, St Peters, Rome, Vatican City, ancient Saxons, Astora, the root of the word estrogen,Calanders & The Paschal Lamb (11:43)
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story of rabbits on Easter, Easter egg decorating, ancient Saxon goddess, transformed an injured bird into a hare, Bahá'à Faith, Easter Sunday is a movable holiday, Pope Julian, Roman Catholic Church, we use the Gregorian Calendar, Pope Gregory, Judaism, the Seder was a fertility Spring festival, before the Israelites ended up in Israel, eating of the Matzo has an earlier history, used to be eaten by the tribes of Israel, lamb commemorates the sacrifices, The Paschal Lamb,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/21/2009 12:00PM
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On a "holiday" edition of The Naturalist, Bernie Wides gives us some well timed history on the winter solstice celebration.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Winter Solstice (11:02)
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Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Bushwick, Roberta's, Tekserve, winter solstice, Yale University, what causes winter and summer?, everybody thought it was because of the distance between the Earth and the Sun, if that were true we would die, the sun is at the center of the solar system, Galileo Galilei, the axis of the Earth, its tilted 23 and a half degrees, summer occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the axis points up, the sun does not move, ecliptic, four checkpoints, when the sun crosses from south to north it's the first day of spring, vernal equinox, when the sun reaches the furthest point north in the ecliptic its summer solstice, when it crosses the equator going back south its the autumnal equinox, when the sun goes furthest south on the ecliptic its the winter solstice,Winter Solstice In Culture (13:27)
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solstice means sun stop, we are 40 degrees north of the equator, latitude starts at 0 at the equator and goes up north, The North Pole, The Arctic Circle, 70% of the surface of the Earth is water, Hudson River, the water temperature here is colder than the air, since 45 BC, Julian calendar, daylight savings, Mexico, candle mass, Catholic Church, people brought candles to be blessed at mass, East Asian culture, lunar calendars, sunrise and sunset, the Earth orbits around the sun in an elliptical pattern not a circle, the solstice is always close to this day, Neolithic times, controlled the mating of animals and the sewing of crops, winter solstice sunrise, New Grange, Ireland, winter solstice sunset, Stonehenge, famine,Celebrating The Solstice & Seasonal Affective Disorder (10:11)
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Northern Europe, wine and beer, holidays we celebrate are based on ancient holidays, cold and darkness, gatherings are valued for emotional comfort, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, depressive psychological effect of winter, tied to cold, tiredness, inactivity, seasonal affective disorder, insufficient sunlight, melatonin, circadian rhythm, tanning salon, increased negative ion exposure, serotonin, traveling across time zones, jet lag, take melatonin to avoid this, Southern Africa, mid winter festivals, forever greens, large ongoing fires, evening physical excursion, dancing, drinking, singing, when we celebrate the holidays we are dealing with light, burma, Christmas, the timing was adopted from Pagan tradition, substituted festivals with religious overtones,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
