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COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE'S RADIOWIRE
Table of Contents - September 12, 2002
I. PBS Special on 9/18 Explores Ethics in America
II. What Chewing Habits Say About Your Personality
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CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT / TELEVISION
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ENDGAME: ETHICS AND VALUES IN AMERICA
Interactive special premieres live on PBS and PBS.org September 18 at 8pm ET
BOSTON--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sept. 12, 2002--Imagine an episode of a television drama where you can:
* Voice your approval or disapproval of what the characters are doing.
* Interview the characters to learn more about their motivation.
* Question a panel of experts about the moral implications confronting the characters.
Now you’ve got the blueprint for Endgame: Ethics and Values in America, a multi-media special on controversial moral issues.
Endgame: Ethics and Values in America premieres live on PBS Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 8 pm ET (check local listings). This groundbreaking special enables viewers to enter the lives of fictional characters forced to make critical decisions with profound moral, ethical or social implications. With daily revelations of fraud in our boardrooms, scandals in our churches, and plagiarism in our schools, the program's focus on ethics and values is timely and important, providing a forum for individuals to explore the boundaries of personal responsibility.
Endgame: Ethics and Values in America is created by Emmy Award-winning producer Scott Goldstein and hosted by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist Carol Marin. The panel includes ethicist Michael Josephson, David Kaczynski, brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and Olympic medallist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. David Kaczynski will address the moral conflict between adherence to the law and loyalty to a loved one.
The program begins with a fifteen-minute original film, which poses an ethical dilemma. At key points in the drama, viewers are invited to vote at pbs.org/endgame on the decisions made by the film's characters, and are asked “What would you do?” Results are televised live throughout the program, triggering discussion among the panelists, live audience, and home viewers via the Internet.
Endgame: Ethics and Values in America will be carried live in seventeen markets (New York, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Tampa, Cleveland, Orlando, Maryland, Hartford, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Columbus, West Palm Beach, Virginia, Nashville, New Orleans, and Oklahoma City). Stations unable to carry the live program will broadcast from tape. Viewers in those markets will still be able to cast their votes on the characters` actions and indicate what they would do, with the updated polling data appearing live on Endgame's Web site.
ENDGAME: ETHICS AND VALUES IN AMERICA is a co-production of Vulcan Productions and Scott Goldstein Productions. Goldstein ("Today Show," "L.A. Law," "Doogie Howser, M.D.") is the program's creator/writer. The film is written by Scott Goldstein and Craig Hoffman ("The Wonder Years," "Murphy Brown," and "Dream On").
ENDGAME: ETHICS AND VALUES IN AMERICA is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
Complete press materials and photography are available on the PBS Pressroom at pbs.org/pressroom.
Source: WGBH Boston
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CATEGORY: HEALTH / FITNESS
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CHEW IQ: What Your Chewing Says About Your Personality
Forget psychology and even astrology, now there's "chewology." When people reach for straws, pen caps or gum to satisfy a chew craving, they're sending silent signals about personality and attitudes. In conjunction with its improved longer- lasting flavor, Wrigley’s Spearmint teamed up with a non-verbal communications expert to develop a new quiz that takes a closer look at what, how and why people chew, revealing a fresh perspective into their personality.
Are you a "doer?" A "persuader?" An "analyzer?" Patti Wood, "The Body Language Lady" explains, "After taking the quiz I found out that because I chew gum when I’m happy, or when other people offer it to me. I’m a 'persuader', I'm a leader, I'm an influencer, I like to get the zest out of life. Like my researchers found that people who reach for a pen or a pencil when they need to concentrate, they fall into what's called 'the analyzer' category, they're deep thinkers, they're 'deep-help-driven' people, they're the critiquers of the world. So of course, they'd be chewing on pens and pencils because they're correcting everything."
To take "Wrigley's Spearmint Chew IQ" Quiz, go to Wrigley.com