OCTOBER 3RD 2007
Voices for "The Great Soul" Gandhi - Part One

On June 15th 2007 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution declaring October 2nd - the birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi to be the International Day of Non-violence. Inspired by this declaration, Angela has invited well-placed UN staffer Rahul Sur to guide listeners through the life and times of Gandhi. Among other lessons, today we learn that Gandhi’s name was actually Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and that Mahatma, meaning The Great Soul was in fact a moniker that was bestowed upon him by Indian Nobel Prize winning author and poet Rabindranath Tagore.

OCTOBER 10TH 2007
Voices for the "The Great Soul" Gandhi - Part Two

Rahul Sur returns to continue his discussion with Angela about Gandhi’s rise to become Bapu the father of the Indian nation. Together they explore Gandhi’s views on civil and women’s rights, nutrition and health, his quest to abolish the oppressive caste system, his role in liberating India from the British Raj and his eventual demise at the hands of an assassin. We also learn that Rahul paints portraits depicting ordinary life in India and that he is the founder of the Rise India Foundation. Again this week, listeners will be treated to the sounds of classical and modern Indian musicians.

OCTOBER 17TH 2007
Voices for "The Great Soul" Gandhi - Part Three

In this final installment of our program, we are joined by Arun Gandhi the Mahatma’s grandson who’ll give us insight on Gandhi the loving parent and grandparent. We also hear from guests such as Henry Krieger, the triple Oscar nominated co-creator of the stage and screen musical Dreamgirls; Rajnesh Domalpali, the multi film festival award winning writer and director of the Indian movie Vanaja; Father Robert Badillo, a member of the New York Archdiocese, who served in India until recently coming to New York to lead our Lady of Solace Church; Kashmir born Daisy Khan, who is the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement; Carl Murrell, the alternate representative to the UN for the Baha’i community of the US; and many more guests who embrace the Gandhian principles and seek to apply them in their daily lives.

OCTOBER 24TH 2007
Molly Melching, Malick Diagne & Oureye Sall
Tostan

First on the show today, Angela interviews Molly Melching the founder and executive director of the Senegal based non-governmental organization Tostan, whose mission is to uplift and empower underprivileged Senegalese through sustainable community-lead initiatives. Next, we hear form deputy director Malick Diagne about programs for assisting the Talibe children who beg in the streets in exchange for classes at Islamic schools. Then the last interview sheds light on the dangerous, purification ritual of female genital cutting (FCG) – a practice that partially or completely cuts away female external genitalia and robs women of their dignity. We’ll hear the words of Oureye Sall a former practitioner of FGC in Senegal’s Wolof language, translated for our audience by Malick Diagne.

OCTOBER 31ST 2007
Paul Stewart
National Hockey/National Hockey League Players Association

Most people view hockey as a brute sport but today ex-referee, colon cancer survivor and NHL ambassador for the Hockey Fights Cancer (HFC) initiative sits down with Angela to show that hockey truly has a heart. The 2007-2008 season marks the tenth anniversary of the HFC initiative and during October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month - hockey players will wear a pink HFC decal on the back left area of their helmets during all regular season games, coaches will wear pink neck ties at team HFC Awareness Nights and HFC team-specific pink ladies’ caps will be sold at select team stores with part proceeds benefiting HFC. All this shows that hockey indeed has a heart and is also in touch with its’ feminine side.