Tag: John Cech
Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Houdini-a-Magicians-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/25/2002 Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood Transcript It was the birthday yesterday of one of the most famous magicians of the last century, Harry Houdini. His real name was Erik Weisz, and he was born on March 24th, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of […]
“Mission Nutrition”
You’re hearing one of the actresses who belongs to the group that calls itself the Standard Deviants, discussing a point of nutritional information from one of the group’s PBS television programs, “Mission Nutrition.”
Poems for Women’s History Month
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Poems-for-Womens-History.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/21/2002 Poems for Women’s History Month Transcript She was the one who seemed to run in the sky, legs from nothing, from nowhere, her feet surrounded by air. That’s part of a poem by Grace Butcher written in honor of […]
Spring — and Jump Rope — is Here Again
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Spring-and-Jump-Rope.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/20/2002 Spring and Jump Rope Transcript Ah, let the games begin. In spring festivals in ancient Greece and Rome, young people would jump over vines, not only to show their physical prowess, but to predict how high that year’s crops would grow. We don’t […]
Mitsumasa Anno
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mitsumasa-Anno.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/19/2002 Mitsumasa Anno Transcript Tomorrow is the birthday of one of the most innovative creators of picture books for young people, the Japanese artist, Mitsumasa Anno. Born in 1926, in the small town of Tsuwana, Japan, he was trained as a teacher, and he […]
The Seal Maiden, A Celtic Musical
That’s the cradle song Salana the seal sings to her infant daughter in “Seal Maiden, A Celtic Musical.”
Comics and 9/11
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/11.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/11/2002 Comics and 9/11 Transcript It’s six months since September 11th, and as though to mark that tragic anniversary, there is a commemorative energy that has been generated in what may at first seem like a surprising place: comic books. There are a number […]
Michelangelo
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Michaelangelo-Youth-Art-Month-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/6/2002 Michelangelo Transcript March is Youth Art Month, and today is the birthday of one of the most famous artists in the west, Michelangelo Buonarroti. who was born in the small Tuscan town of Caprese in 1475, the son of the town’s mayor. His […]
Women’s History Month on the Internet
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Womens-History-Month.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/5/2002 Women’s History Month on the Internet Transcript Happily, there are dozens of web sites that honor the many roles that women have played in the course of human history — as warrior queens and scientists, artists and business leaders, […]
Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Oral History
That's a haunting field call that was recorded in 1950. It's part of a two CD African American oral history called "Every Tone a Testimony."