General Audiences - TV-G/ TV-PG

"Treasure Island" by Robert Lewis Stevenson, and "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain are read aloud by Ruth in this episode.

"Five Weeks in a Balloon" by Jules Verne, and "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum are read aloud.

Today Ruth reads from ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and the full poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service.

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents Dr. Roy Bellhorn and his lecture 'Animal Eyes: Their Form and Function.'

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents Bob Travis and his lecture 'Woodcarving for Fun and Profit: The Art of Caricature Carving.'

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents  Dr. Marving Goldman and Barry Schuler, and their lecture 'The Next Big Thing in Technology.'

Best of '12: Rio Mania 10

Episode #399 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week of December 29 - January 4) includes:

"A Buffalo's Trail of Tears" (6 minutes)

A short video about the annual hazing of the last wild and free buffalo, by the Buffalo Field Campaign.

"The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation" (1 hour, 48 minutes)