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Station Resources OverviewThe DNA Files, the award-winning NPR series that explores the mysterious world of the genome and its impact on life in the 21st century, returns to public radio this fall with five new one-hour documentaries. Produced by Berkeley, California-based SoundVision Productions®, the shows are anchored by Peabody- and Emmy-winning correspondent John Hockenberry. The upcoming broadcasts — for which globetrotting reporters traveled to Canada, Mexico, India and Australia — will be released in fall of 2007. They mark The DNA Files’ third season on stations — large and small — across the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PromosPromo 1
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Each program is 59 minutes in length. Beyond Human (old titles--Comparative Genomics: What Do Animals Tell Us About Ourselves? or Evolution Revolution) We humans think we are pretty special creatures within the animal kingdom, but as scientists try to understand what makes us different from other animals, they keep running into what makes us the same. We share most of our DNA with chimps, nearly as much with mice, and a good proportion with non-mammals such as bees and birds. Researchers examine these similarities and differences to learn more about the human race. Producer: Barrett Golding Rewriting Heredity: Environment and the Genome (old title--GxE: Genes and Environment) Minding the Brain (old title--Neurogenetics: Memory and Learning) This program may just change the way you think about memory and learning. And it won't just affect your mind; it'll change your brain -- literally. Researchers today are grappling with the interplay between the inner mind and the outer world and looking at how the brain a person is born with changes in response to the cultural, social, personal, and physical environments the person lives in. Producer: Larry Massett The Heat Is On: Evolution in Action Evolution is an ongoing process and as the Earth becomes warmer, changes are being seen in migration patterns of birds, insects, and even in the life in the oceans. This program looks at how scientists track these changes, how plants and animals adapt to them or not, and what this means for the health of the planet. From a tiny bog mosquito to the corals of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the program discovers how living things are affected by warming trends. Producer: Adam Burke Designing the Garden: Food in the Age of Biotechnology This program looks at the debates surrounding genetically modified food. Some say manipulating genes in plants and animals is the solution to world hunger; others say it's not safe to eat or grow. The Enviropig, for example, developed by researchers in Guelph, Ontario. The pig is genetically modified to produce less phosphorus, and might one day make pig farming less harmful to the environment. The program also travels to India to explore rice genetically fortified with beta-carotene to ward off diseases that come from Vitamin A deficiency. Producers: Julie Grant and Elizabeth Culotta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[see larger version; after it loads, right-click to save it] John Hockenberry is familiar to millions of Americans who tune in to NPR’s All Things Considered and NBC’s Dateline, and to those who read publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Yorker. His engaging presence and quirky humor have helped define The DNA Files since the series began in 1998. Read more about John on the SoundVision Productions Web site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The DNA Files is working in close collaboration with a group of partner stations and reporters to develop locally focused content built around the series.
For more information about local/station programming for The DNA Files, contact Sallie Bodie: s.bodie@comcast.net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feeds & Recommended Broadcast Schedule The five one-hour episodes of the The DNA Files will be available via Content Depot according to this schedule: October 22 for the first two programs; November 1 for the remaining three. Information on the schedule will be posted here when it comes available. If you’d like to receive feed information via e-mail, send request to Stevie Beck: Stevie@SchardtMEDIA.org. Stations are free to broadcast The DNA Files as best suits their needs. We recommend that you choose a schedule that follows that of our partner stations:
The broadcast window extends through January 30, 2008. Stations wishing to air the series after January 2008 must contact Loretta Williams for permission: loretta@sv.productions.org. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There are no carriage fees for NPR member stations. Non-NPR-member stations must contact jmacdonald@npr.org for broadcast permission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The DNA Files specials will conform to NPR’s 20/40, newscast-compatible clock. [Download PDF] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stevie Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The DNA Files III, produced by SoundVision Productions®, is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U. S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is distributed by National Public Radio.
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