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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: • Travel to Costa Rica with GLT • Blues Blast Music Awards at Buddy Guy's • Meet Center Stage host Chrissie Strong NPR's Planet Money Team "Faces" Bloomington by GLT News Director Willis Kem Is there anything harder to understand than economics and its impact? Not according to NPR's award winning Planet Money team, who have made the recession understandable, if not palatable, over the last few years of their outstanding collective reporting. David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein, two members of the Planet Money team, will be featured at our annual Radio Faces event in Bloomington. I spent a few minutes on the phone with David. stories when we pooled our money and bought one of the toxic assets-those mortgage-backed securities nobody wanted to own. It cost $1,000--five of us put Willis Kem: How did the concept for Planet Money come about? in $200 each. We followed it until it died. We got $500 back. David Kestenbaum: It all started with a story called "The Giant Pool of Money" during This American Life, about the sub-prime housing crisis of a WK: Are you open to doing something like that again? few years back. It was on mortgage-backed securities and it went viral. DK: Well, we later bought a gold coin which we also lost money on. Some have Until then we really didn't know the need for explanatory journalism on suggested buying a barrel of oil. So we'll probably keep playing with the money. ■ the economy. Nobody was really doing this reporting for smart people who don't have a background in economics. Hear the Planet Money Team play with and explain money during NPR News programs and on line at npr.org!blogs/money/ WK: You have a PhD from Harvard and have reported on science and energy for NPR. How has this science background Until Jacob Goldstein was recently hired helped you break down these complex to write the Planet Money (PM) blog, he economic issues? wrote the Wall Street Journal's health blog. DK: We use math and experimental He decided to join the PM crew because he thinks "the project is genius: Using a scientific methods to understand it all. fresh, smart sensibility to explain complex It's like physics, in that consumer con economic ideas in simple terms." fidence plays a big role in it. Billions of people wake up in the morning and, He writes about the biggest financial topics depending on what they do and how in a way that he hopes is "approachable they feel, that drives the economy. and illuminating." Goldstein added, "There will be some random, quirky blog items to keep things lively and I'll be WK: What's been the most fascinating aspect digging into Planet Money's Question of of your work on the Planet Money team? the Year: Why are poor countries poor DK: We had a pretty great time doing the and rich countries rich?" Event details and how to order tickets on the next page ... -2- -3- Escape to Costa Rica with GLT March 3-11, 2012 Whether March comes in like a lion or a lamb, winter in the Midwest is brutal. Slip into something a little more David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein comfortable for 9 lovely days. GLT Program Director Mike Friday, November 4, 2011 McCurdy host.s a trip to the lush paradise of Costa Rica. 5:00 - 6:30 pm - cocktail hour ($100 level only) From the vibrant capital city of San Jose, to the 6:45 - 9:30 pm - Dinner and presentation (both ticket levels) breathtaking sparkling sands ofTamarindo Beach, to the Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center Ballroom exotic Monteverde Cloud Forest, to spectacular views of the Arena! and Poas 10 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, Illinois Volcanoes, you will be swept away with the stunning beauty of this tropical country. You'll tour the Doka Coffee Estate. Two days of exploration through the spectacular The In-Depth Story cloud forest ecosystem will reveal 100-ft trees, one of the world's largest butterfly $100 per person gardens, and a hummingbird gallery. Enjoy a guided, leisurely-paced "Hanging Ticket includes an elegant cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres, open bar, Bridges" walking tour through the fo rest. and the opportunity to meet David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein, fo llowed by a full dinner with wine and the presentation. You'll take a cruise on Lake Arena! and a guided river boat trip in a panga (covered canoe) through the Cano Negro n ature preserve. Savor local food , music, and In The News dance, and perhaps treat yourself to a hot-spring spa. For full details, go to wglt. org $65 per person where you can print a complete itinerary and reservation form. In order to guarantee Ticket includes a full dinner with space on this trip, reservations must be made no later than October 3, 2011. wine and the presentation. Cost includes roundtrip airfa re from O'Hare, deluxe hotel accommodati ons, 14 meals, tour Please choose from the following entrees when placing your order: bus with the services of a Collette Vacations Tropical Costa Rica Chicken Etouffee professional guide and GLT staff host, baggage Price: $2,399 - A Baked Creole Chicken Breast with a Seafood and Crayfish Stuffing and handling, taxes, transfers, and ground , (double occupancy) Smothered with a Cajun Cream Sauce. tra nsportation to C hicago (with a minimum $2,849(single) of 10 passengers.) Proceeds benefit the G LT $2,369 (triple) Italian Stuffed Pork Loin Equipment Fund, helping to keep yo ur A Baked Pork Loin Stuffed with Italian Sausage, Prosciutto, Mozzarella Cheese, public rad io station on the air. and Bread Crumbs Topped with Herb Infused Gravy. Roasted Vegetarian Empanada Register for the next info meeting Fla key Butter Pastries Filled with Roasted Seasonal Vegetables Served for a look at the entire itinerary: with Red Beans and Rice. Hampton Inn & Suites, Normal Tuesday, September 13 at 6:00pm Please let us know you're coming by Tickets on sale now registering for the meeti ng at wglt.org This GLT event sponsored by: COUNTRY online at wglt.org or call Linda Healy at 309-438-5083. or by calling You are not committed co the trip by attending the meeting. F IN AN CI AL (309) 438-2255. -4- -5- We're broadcasting the C That's what GLT'sTalkin' About · Blues Blast Music Awards LIVE by GLT Music Director Jon Norton GlT Blues brings you the music of some of the biggest Buddy Guy's Legends nightclub in Chicago's Loop is names in blues, as well as talented up-and-comers. It's considered by many to be "the heart of it all" in the Blues where you also hear those musicians talk about their World. And as one the premier blues club in the blues capital music on Talkin' Blues, a weekly segment that airs of the world, Legends is an ideal venue to host the annual Saturday nights at 7:00 pm. You can also hear the show as a podcast. Take a listen Blues Blast Music Awards. And as one of the premiere blues or subscribe to the Talkin' Blues podcast at wglt.org/podcasts or at iTunes. stations in the nation, GLT Blues Radio is once again honored to have been asked to broadcast the awards ceremony live. Talkin' Blues contains a healthy dose of music from our guests, and usually a smattering of songs from some of their heroes. It's a blast to talk to people who truly appreciate the The ceremony takes place on attention, and who love to tell their stories. And there is nobody that can tell a story as Thursday, October 27 from well as one of my recent guests, acoustic bluesman Doug Macleod. Doug stopped in on 7:00 pm to midnight, and his way from Minneapolis to Rockford (yes, he took a two hour detour just to talk to us!) GLT Blues Radio will be right and told a story about being humbled early in his career by his friend, mentor, and in the middle of the action, then bandmate, George Harmonica Smith, who always called Doug "Dubb." broadcasting the entire show from the stage, and in between Macleod said that at a gig early in his career, he was getting a bit big for his britches. sets, talking to the nominees As Doug said "My head was swelling a bit. I did a good show and I knew it." After that backstage. Hear this Thursday show, Smith came up to him and congratulated him on sounding good. Macleod said night broadcast online or with "thank you George." Smith then continued in his slow southern drawl. "Say Dubb, an HD radio in McLean County. We'll rebroadcast the show on Saturday night, when your car breaks down, who fixes it?" Macleod said "Well, George, I take it to the October 29 on 89.1/103.SFM in central Illinois.