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Insight on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

AdminAugust 28, 2013

On August 28th, thousands of American citizens converged upon Washington, DC, to commemmorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The March on Washington was attended by an estimated 250,000 - 300,000 people of diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds 50 years ago today, August 28, 1963. In the crowd was SC native Norman Deas, a 25-year-old employee of the Federal Housing Authority. Deas, who now lives in Conway, shares his recollections of the march, King's speech, and the aftermath with Bhakti Larry Hough on the current edition of Insight.

http://www.50thanniversarymarchonwashington.com/

Insight airs Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

Insight on Smith Free Medical Clinic

AdminAugust 22, 2013

Comprehensive health care reform (or the Affordable Care Act) will go into full effect on January 1, 2014. Until then, but even after that date, many Americans will not have health insurance. Fortunately, there are individual healthcare providers and facilities that provide free medical care for those who can't afford it. Among those providers is the Smith Free Medical Clinic on Pawleys Island. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Anne Faul, executive director of the Smith Clinic, about the work she and the staff do to meet the needs of the health and medical needs of the underserved.

http://www.smithfreeclinic.org/

Insight airs on Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

Insight on Men’s Health

AdminJune 20, 2013

In recent decades, men have shown poorer health outcomes across all racial and ethnic groups as well as socioeconomic status, according to the Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association. But this is particularly true for African American men. Educating men and boys, their families, and health care providers about the importance of early detection of male health issues - including cardiovascular, mental, prostate heath, and cancer (lung, prostate, skin, colorectal, testicular, and more), HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis - can result in reducing rates of mortality for male-specific diseases, as well as improve the health of America’s men and its overall economic well-being. The premature death and disability of men and boys is a serious and expanding public health issue

June is Men’s Health Month, and on the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. William Hughes, a semi-retired urologist living in the Conway area of South Carolina, about the status of men’s health in general, and African American men's health, in particular.

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

Insight on the South Carolina Arts Commission

AdminJune 3, 2013

The chief mission of the SC Arts Commission is to support artists and to insure the availability of the arts in various ways to all South Carolinians, regardless of where they live or their socieconomic status, according to Ken May, the commission's executive director. Host Bhakti Larry Hough interviews May about the commission and the arts in South Carolina on the current edition of Insight.

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

Insight on Five Years Too Many

Greg KintzMay 15, 2013

Insight #64 This edition of Insight is about the Five Years Too Many campaign featured in our previous post of yesterday. Host, Bhakti Larry Hough, interviews Anthony Vance, Director of the US Baha'i Office of Public Affairs, and Iraj Kamalabadi, the brother of one of the ad hoc leaders that are in prison in Iran. The program also includes excerpts from the Five Years Too Many event held May 6th in Washington DC: Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight Schrute, from the TV program, The Office) and Roxana Saberi, journalist and author, who was imprisoned in the same cell as the two female members of the Yaran. This edition is longer than normal due to the nature of the topic. A higher quality version of the program, can be downloaded here, but its 56MB. To listen to the program, simply click on the link at the top of the article, or the higher quality version, or right click on the links and download the files.