Tonight: Jim Lehrer live on WGTB
Just a reminder that tonight’s episode of Public Interview, hosted by Lauren Hodges, will feature an interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Tune in at 9 pm at www.georgetownradio.com (“Listen Live”) or via iTunes (Radio > College Radio > WGTB) to hear the interview. Lehrer will step down as anchor of NewsHour on June 6, but will continue to moderate segments and stay involved in the production of the show.
The June 6 episode of Public Interview will feature Svetlana Legetic, the editor and founder of Brightest Young Things, in the WGTB studio.
Not live, a pre-recorded interview! But still awesome…tune in!
Gosh, tnhaks so much for that information. Catherine’s information really resonates strongly with me, as I just recently had my first personal encounter with lead poisoning, and I figured I might try to describe just how sad and debilitating it actually is. I currently work as an autism consultant for dozens of local families, and just recently I met a family who wanted to start intervention for their 3-year old little boy, Charlie. Although Charlie was just recently diagnosed with autism, both his parents and the diagnosticians admitted that they were not convinced that he actually has autism, but they knew he would receive the best possible services if they gave him the diagnosis. In truth, Charlie ate a handful of paint chips out of the window sill of their early 20th century home, when he was 18 months old, and developed lead poisoning. A once fun-loving, extremely sociable and outgoing kid, by the time Charlie left he hospital from the lead poisoning, he lost all of his speech, most of his fine motor skills, and retreated into a world that he has yet to come out of. Now, a year and a half later, he doesn’t have a single word in his vocabulary, is not potty-trained, cannot handle being touched, is incapable of making eye contact with anybody, and his capacity for learning is extremely limited (which is the factor that sets his condition apart from autism, which does not limit cognitive capabilities). Charlie also began mouthing EVERYTHING after the lead poisoning. If left unattended, there is absolutely nothing he won’t eat. He eats paper, dirt, rocks, chalk, feces, paint…everything. Basically what this means is that there is some deficiency in his body, ever since the lead poisoning, and he subconsciously tries to eat anything and everything to compensate for it, which of course presents itself with a whole other set of problems. While Charlie is only 3, and I typically have nothing but HUGE optimism for these kids and their future, if I may be honest, his future looks pretty dismal at this point.So, if you haven’t had the unfortunate opportunity to experience it firsthand, this is what lead poisoning looks like. I cannot fathom the fact that 53 percent of children under 12 in India are suffering from this. All because of a breakdown in recycling. Grrrrrr….
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