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The Great Unknown

By Andrew Walsh on Wednesday, September 6, 2006.

Tonight on the Front Porch, we're exploring the great unknown. Life is filled with mysteries that we just weren't built to fully understand. We as humans have spent almost all of our history trying to unwrap the secrets of the universe, and we'll probably never stop trying. Love, Death, God, Life, the Afterlife -- these are the great unknowns that make up our existence. And tonight we're going to hear radio stories about people trying to figure it all out.

All of tonight's stories come to us from the Public Radio Exchange. Because of some rights issues, we can't offer tonight's entire broadcast on the web. Instead, we encourage you to check out the stories (and leave your comments on them) at PRX.org.

The stories we heard tonight are:

God is Talking To Me, by Hans Anderson.

Alan Lightman's essay for the This I Believe Series.

Disney Death, by producer Jake Warga

Love is Like an Apple, by producer Adrien Boyse.

The End of Analog

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, September 6, 2006.

Federal regulations and new technologies are paving the way toward digital broadcasting on TV and radio. All-digital broadcasting means clearer pictures and sound, more local channels and an end to static. But some say it could also mean more power for big media corporations and a bigger "digital divide" between rich and poor. We'll look at what the "end of analog" really means and where the transition to digital broadcasting is at today. Laura's guests are Jim Barry, "digital answer man" for the Consumer Electronics Association and Michael Keith, Assistant Professor of Communication at Boston College and Author of numerous books on radio and television. We'll also hear from Scott McPherson, Assistant General Manager of New Hampshire Public Radio.

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