On today's edition of WYSO Weekend: You’ll hear two features that focus on issues facing men and women who have served in the Military. In WYSO Curious we'll uncover details, and some controversy, surrounding Ohio’s Serpent Mound. And later in the program, WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota and film friend George Willeman tell us about some off-the-beaten-path holiday films.
- Just about everyone knows someone whose life has been touched by a diagnosis of cancer. Fear, denial, sadness are emotions commonly associated with the disease. However, there are stories of people who manage to thrive rather than merely survive. A lunchtime conversation motivated Pamela Ferris-Olson to go in search of women who have been able to do just that. *Learn more about our CV project - and find out how you can be a community voices producer at wyso.org.
In WYSO Curious, our series where you ask questions and we explore them. The Serpent Mound in Adams County is probably the most famous of Ohio’s sacred Native American earthworks. We received a question about the mound—and at first it seemed easy enough to answer. But WYSO’s Lewis Wallace found there’s a controversy unfurling right now around it. Our very own Juliet Fromholt talks to Lewis about it.
- We continue our new series called Veterans Voices, where military veterans from the Miami Valley interview their fellow veterans - Jeremy Dobbins served four years as an infantry rifleman in Afghanistan, and when he got out in 2012 he found it difficult to talk to people about his military experience. But when he was ready, he chose to tell his stories to an old family friend from Springfield named Charlie Dyke. Jeremy had joined the Marine Corps at age 17. Charlie enlisted during world word two shortly after his 18th birthday. Both men returned to Springfield after their service ended to raise families and begin new lives. Jeremy Dobbins tells the story. **This project is a collaboration with the Wright State University Center for Veteran and Military Affairs.
Combat veterans face a host of challenges when they return to civilian life, and some end up in trouble. But, there's an effort to keep them out of jail, and back on the straight and narrow. In Hamilton County, there’s a unique twist to help vets manage their lives: yoga. From Ohio Public Radio, WVXU's Bill Rinehart has the story.
This week – on excursions – WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota and her longtime film George Willeman looked at Christmas films in a segment called Beyond it’s a Wonderful life. You can find these online as of Christmas morning but here's a conversation about one of the movies they talked about. Niki and George talk about the Mexican movie – Santa Clause. Hear the full discussion and what they have to say about other films at WYSO.org.
