Program Info:Return
Endeavours - Science-based Education
Mountaineer David Breashears, GZA. Music: Blue Rodeo
Uploaded: 9 Jan, 2013
Recording Date: 7 Jan, 2013
Recording Location: CJSF
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: 6 Months
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
Copyright: attribution 2013
Program Title: Endeavours - Science-based Education
Description: David Breashears is a mountaineer, photograhper, adventurer, activist and founder of GlacierWorks, a non-profit dedicating to researching the effect climate change has Mt. Everest and the rest of the Himalaya Project. Using a gigapixel photo, Breashears has captured the receding of the world's highest glacial peaks. Having climbed Everest five times, Breashears is an expert in mountaineering and has dedicated his life to preserving the world's glaciers.
GZA is one of the founding members of the seminal hip-hop group The Wu-Tang Clan. Called the group's spiritual leader, he is taking his career in a new direction, taking a post as a science teacher in New York's public education system. He will also be releasing Dark Matter, an album inspired by the world of astrophysics in early 2013.
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian, Roots-rock that was recently elected to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Founding member Greg Keelor talks about that honour as well as the re-mastering and re-release of BR's first five albums.
Host(s): Dan McPeake
Featured Speakers/Guests: David Breashears
GZA
Greg Keelor
Credits: written & produced by Dan McPeake
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Topic:
Science and Technology > Physical Sciences
Type:
Interview
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