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  • Host: Louie Saenz
  • This is a weekly program that targets issues that concern the local community. Since 1990, host Louie Saenz has been giving you an understanding of what’s going on in El Paso. The show covers local political issues, health news and updates, and world events. Perspectives gives you an opportunity to hear what the city is doing about various issues with in-studio interviews with the El Paso Chief of Police, doctors and non-profit organizations.
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  • Location: El paso, TX
  • Language: English
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Perspectives -April 8, 2006

Thu, Apr 20 2006 Listen
This week's "Perspectives" salutes the new baseball season. Three experts discuss what a "Sports Illustrated" poll calls Upstate New York's most popular sport. Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, who played for the 1949-56 Giants and Cubs, recalls the old Negro Leagues and major leagues. Naomi Silver, Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Officer, Rochester Red Wings, explores the state of the minor leagues. Finally, Glenn Geffner, former Red Wings broadcaster and now Media Relations...

Perspectives -April 15, 2006

Thu, Apr 20 2006 Listen
This week Perspectives begins a two-part salute to radio -- America's theater of the mind. The New York Times' Gerald Eskenazi discusses his memoir of radio's golden age, "I Hid It Under the Sheets: Growing Up With Radio." Former Buffalo News Radio Critic Tony Violanti, now Media and Entertainment Critic of the Ocala, Florida, Star-Banner, details how the wireless has changed. Finally, Bruce Dumont, Founder, CEO, and President of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, explores America's...

Perspectives -April 1, 2006

Tue, Apr 4 2006 Listen
New York State has produced many riveting fiction and nonfiction authors. This week's "Perspectives" profiles three of the best. When Alison Smith of Penfield, a Rochester suburb, was 15, her 18-year-old brother was killed in a car acccident. Her touching memoir, "Name All the Animals," has been published in America and six other countries. Joanna Scott is among America's finest novelists: to Kirkus Reviews, "one of contemporary fiction's most eloquent and essential voices." She discusses...

Perspectives -March 18, 2006

Wed, Mar 22 2006 Listen
In 1960, the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie" yelped, "Kids! What's the matter with kids today?" This week's "Perspectives" asks that question in the wake of the recent Winter Olympics. Christine Brennan, USA Today columnist, veteran Games observer, and author of the new book, "Best House in the House," explores what this year's U.S. Olympian behavior says about kids -- and parents. America's leading sports parenting expert, Rick Wolff, author of the upcoming book, "Parenting Young Athletes...

Perspectives -March 25, 2006

Wed, Mar 22 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" explores folklore in America from Paul Bunyan via Johnny Appleseed to Pecos Bill. Author and columnist Tim Trager details the strange life of Upstate New York's Rattlesnake Pete, equally hooked on reptiles and pianos. Paul Johnson is Professor of History, University of South Carolina, and author of the book, 'Sam Patch: The Famous Jumper." He etches the legendary life of a man who thrived, then tragically died, in this region. Finally, Sandy Schlosser, author of the...

Perspectives -March 11, 2006

Wed, Mar 15 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" takes an in-depth look at two different U.S. Presidencies: one buoyed by mythology; the other, seemingly mired in malaise. Abraham Lincoln served as President from 1861-65. British author and historian Richard Carwardine details The Great Emancipator in his new book, "Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power." George W. Bush, President since 2001, this month hit a record-low 34 percent approval rating. Bruce Bartlett, conservative columnist and former aide to former...

Perspectives -February 25, 2006

Wed, Mar 1 2006 Listen
Last week "Perspectives" began a series on larger-than-life New Yorkers. This week it concludes by etching one man who might have been President -- and another who still may. Mario Cuomo was New York's only three-term Democratic Governor: to the Boston Globe, America's most gifted philosopher-politician." ormer close aide and now Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sandy Frucher and New York Post columnist and state editor Fred Dicker explore his rhetoric, appeal, and why he...

Perspectives -March 04, 2006

Wed, Mar 1 2006 Listen
This week, on the eve of the Academy Awards, "Perspectives" features a man who has arguably written more and better about movies than anyone. Jack Garner is the long-time Chief Film Critic for Gannett News Service. For the entire show he will explore this uniquely American art form. Mr. Garner will discuss the genre; film's evolution; Oscar categories like Best Picture, Actor, and Actress; and those who should have been honored in the past -- but weren't. He will explore this year's Academy...

Perspectives -February 18, 2006

Wed, Feb 22 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" begins a special two-part series on larger-than-life New Yorkers. A week from now we explore a man who might have been President, Mario Cuomo, and another who may, Rudy Giuliani. This week's "Perspectives" salutes two institutions who live in memory. Perhaps Broadway's brightest star, the timeless Ethel Merman, is etched by producer, lyricist, and creator of the Musicals101.com web site, John Kenrick. Then, The Great One, television's incomparable Jackie Gleason, is...

Perspectives -February 11, 2006

Wed, Feb 15 2006 Listen
When Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency, Henry Kissinger said that history would vindicate him. "Henry," Nixon replied, "that depends on who writes it." This week "Perspectives" writes the three-term history of New York Governor George Pataki as he starts his final year. Bob Ward, Director of Research of the Business Council of New York State, describes Pataki's economic record. Buffalo News political columnist Bob McCarthy explores Pataki's political career. Gerald Benjamin, Dean of the...

Perspectives -February 4, 2006

Mon, Feb 6 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" explores football's Super Bowl: American secular religion, American rite. Pittsburgh and Seattle meet in Super Bowl XL, the game almost incidental to the hype and buzz. CBS Television broadcaster and former Buffalo Bill Steve Tasker recalls how close his old team came to winning a Super Bowl. The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Fierle details the game's historic highs and lows. Award-winning Gannett News Service columnist Scott Pitonaik analyzes why the event has...

Perspectives -January 28, 2006

Mon, Jan 30 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" examines the state of the national Democratic Party. Are they taking advantage of President Bush's winter of discontent? Do the Alito hearings show a party of moderation, or extremism? Are they exploiting Republican vulnerability, or snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? New York Post columnist and state editor Fred Dicker examines the party's strengths and weaknesses. Democratic consultant Hank Schoenkopf examines what it's doing right and wrong. Republican...

Perspectives -January 21, 2006

Mon, Jan 23 2006 Listen
This week Perspectives etches three pivotal examples of what character is, and means. Historian Harry Turtledove recalls Abraham Lincoln's agony and ecstasy as he prepared the Emancipation Proclamation. Edward Renehan, Chief Executive Officer of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, evokes TR's valiant third-party attempt in 1912 to rewin the Presidency. World War II historian Douglas Porch recalls Great Britain's finest hour: gallantly surviving 1940's Nazi air blitz of London--thereby...

Perspectives -January 14, 2006

Mon, Jan 16 2006 Listen
This week "Perspectives" etches the what-if, how-close, what-might-have-been that changed the world. Suppose Gettysburgh had gone the other way: Historian Jay Winik, best-selling author of "April 1865: The Month That Saved America," says the South would have won the Civil War. June 6, 1944, was D-Day: The Allies' amphibious invasion of Hitler's Europe. Prolific World War II historian Robert Paxton explores whether, had it failed, Europe would be speaking German today. Three years ago...

Perspectives -January 7, 2006

Mon, Jan 9 2006 Listen
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Illinois, to assume the Presidency. He concluded, "I bid you an affectionate farewell." This week's "Perspectives" bids farewell to two leading Upstate New York Mayors, each leaving office after 12 years. Rochester's Bill Johnson will become Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Rochester Institute of Technology. Binghamton's Richard Bucci becomes Director of Professional Development in the Vestal School District. In "Perspectives," each will...

Perspectives -December 31, 2005

Sat, Dec 31 2005 Listen
This week "Perspectives" presents its annual New Year's special: a look back; a look ahead. Juan Williams, National Correspondent for National Public Radio, recalls a dismal year for President Bush -- Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, sagging poll numbers -- and explores whether 2006 may be better. On the eve of becoming Brighton, New York, Town Judge, former New York State Senator Richard Dollinger previews this coming year's statewide elections. Political columnist Bob McCarthy of the Buffalo News...

Perspectives -December 24, 2005

Sat, Dec 24 2005 Listen
This week on "Perspectives": a special show on the 2006 challenges facing New York State. How do we lure business here? How do we keep Upstate New York's population here? Do our policies attract or repel outsiders? Why is State government rated the most dysfunctional in the country? Jay Gallagher, Albany Bureau Chief of Gannett News Service, is the author of a new book, "The Politics of Decline: A Chronicle of New York's Descent and What You Can Do to Save Your State." He will spend the hour...

Perspectives -December 10, 2005

Thu, Dec 15 2005 Listen
This week "Perspectives" looks at kids -- specifically, what a major "New York Times" story recently called "Kids Gone Wild." Judith Smetana, Professor, Clinical and Social Psychology, the University of Rochester, explores how to raise a morally developed child. Next, nationally known child psychiatrist Alvin Rosenfeld discusses the overscheduled child -- and how it reflects the trap of hyperparenting. Finally, Harvard University child pscyhologist Dan Kindlon examines raising children of...

Perspectives -December 17, 2005

Thu, Dec 15 2005 Listen
America's third political parties have a long and checkered history, nominating at one time or another Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, George Wallace, and Ross Perot. This week's "Perspectives" etches the future of the Empire State's third political parties. Henry Stern, Chairman of New York's Liberal Party, recalls a proud and pioneering tradition which he hopes to resurrect at the ballot box. Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long explores the 2006 Election, including whether a...

Perspectives -November 12, 2005

Tue, Nov 22 2005 Listen
This week's "Perspectives" honors Veterans Day by saluting three great American generals who helped to win World War II. Brown University historian Samuel Brenner recalls the beloved Dwight Eisenhower, who oversaw the D-Day 1944 Allied invasion, Operation Overlord, of Hitler's Europe. Dr. Malcolm (Kip) Muir, Professor of Military History, Virginia Military Institute, details "Blood and Guts" -- George Patton, the incomparable leader of the U.S. Third Army. Dr. Michael Schaller, Professor of...

Perspectives -November 19, 2005

Tue, Nov 22 2005 Listen
This week, on Thanksgiving Eve, "Perspectives" etches several traditions for which we can be thankful. Christopher Bench, Vice President of Collections, Rochester' Strong Museum, explores timeless toys -- specifically the National Toy Hall of Fame. Paul Jenkins, chef and partner of the popular Buffalo restaurant Tempo, looks at the tradition, holiday and otherwise, of eating out. Finally, Gannett Company prize-winning columnist Scott Pitoniak discusses his new book, "Slices of Orange," about...

Perspectives -November 26, 2005

Tue, Nov 22 2005 Listen
This week's "Perspectives" features three major events in the news:, a news poll from the Pew Research Foundation shows strong unrest with U.S. Foreign Policy; a laywer from the upstate New York firm, Nixon-Peabody discusses the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito; finally, former New York State GOP Assembly leader, John Faso, a republican who would be governor, on whether his party is in "a New York freefall state of mind."

Perspectives -November 5, 2005

Fri, Nov 4 2005 Listen
"This week "Perspectives" offers a true thinking person's show: Great Inventors from New York State. Wilson Greatbatch, born and still living near Buffalo, discusses his monumental invention: the implanted cardiac pacemaker, which has prolonged millions of lives of seriously ill people. Author Raymond Arsenault explores the life and work of Upstate New York's Willis Carrier, the father of air conditioning, which literally transformed American industry and culture. Finally, Vice President...

Perspectives -October 29, 2005

Fri, Oct 28 2005 Listen
This week Perspectives expores the Bush Presidency in the wake of Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court. George W. Bush: Free fall, or temporary reverse? Former Conservative New York City Mayoral candidate and columnist/commentator George Marlin etches parallels in the malaise of the White House and New York State Republican Party. Tom DeFrank, White House correspondent for the New York Daily News, this week broke the story of friction between Bush and Vice President Cheney. He...

Perspectives -October 15, 2005

Fri, Oct 21 2005 Listen
Winston Churchill called English ammunition to be used in battle. This week Perspectives explores two great liberal rhetoricians who used language in politics. William Leuchtenburg, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, discusses Franklin Roosevelt's mastery of language. David Greenburg, Professor of History at Rutgers University, examines the man whom millions deemed FDR's true heir: Adlai Stevenson. Roosevelt was elected President four times; Stevenson,...

Perspectives -October 22, 2005

Fri, Oct 21 2005 Listen
This week Perspectives examines two great conservative orators. One, Ronald Reagan, made the Presidency; the other, Barry Goldwater, did not. Peter Robinson, host of PBS TV's Uncommon Knowledge TM, was the Speechwriter who composed President Reagan's famed speech in Berlin, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. Robinson will explore Reagan's nonpareil ability to communicate. Lee Edwards is often called the historian of America's conservative movement. He will evoke how Barry Goldwater, even...

Perspectives -October 1, 2005

Fri, Oct 14 2005 Listen
This week's Perspectives looks at three great U.S. institutions. Journalist Matt Rees of The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist explores the institution of coffee -- and today's specialty coffee craze. Why has coffee never meant more to more Americans? Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses a new study on the state of the two-parent family. Do children need two parents, not one? Finally, Kathleen Turner, Professor, Communication Studies at...

Perspectives -October 8, 2005

Fri, Oct 14 2005 Listen
This week Perspectives explores three major sides of print journalism. Lee Capulla, Dean of the Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University, discusses the future of newspapers. Melissa Chesshe, Associate Professor of the Magazine Department at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, examines the growing popularity of niche magazines. Rick Wolff, Vice President, Warner Books, and Sports Illustrated columnist, looks at the...

Perspectives -September 17, 2005

Fri, Sep 16 2005 Listen
Polling data says that Upstate New York's three favorite fall sports are baseball and pro and college football. On this week's Perspectives, three acclaimed broadcasters explore each. The inimitable Ken (Hawk) Harrelson, Voice of baseball's 2005 surprise team, the Chicago White Sox, discusses the national pastime's steroids, expanded playoff, and overall health. ESPN Television's college football Voice, Sean McDonough, analyzes such issues as Indian nicknames, a national playoff,...

Perspectives -September 3, 2005

Mon, Sep 12 2005 Listen
Historically, politics begins with Labor Day. As people stop picnicing, they start looking at menu choices on the ballot. This week Perspectives looks at State, regional, and national politics. New York Post columnist and state editor Fred Dicker explains the New York State Republican Party's tumultuous last month. WXXI Television News director Michael Caputo explores the lessons that Upstate can learn from Rochester's suddenly bitter Mayoral campaign. National Journal Hotline editor in...

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