HOUR ONE

Tia Lessin and Carl Deal went to New Orleans a week after Hurricane Katrina with the idea of focusing a documentary on the work of National Guardsmen during the disaster. Then the filmmakers met Kimberly Roberts and her husband Scott who filmed their experiences on a secondhand camcorder. Lessin and Deal incorporate that raw footage -- documenting a frustrating wait for help -- into their new film titled “Trouble the Water.”

 

Ruth Smith turned 101 in August.  She was one of the founders of what is now NARAL, an organization which fights for the reproductive rights of women.  But when Smith began her advocacy in the 1940’s, the goals were quite different.  Bob visited Smith in her New York City apartment to talk about the changes she’s witnessed over the past century – from birth control and abortion rights – to the changes in her upper West side neighborhood.

HOUR TWO

Stanley Jordan is one of the world’s most innovative jazz guitarists.  Known for his “tapping technique,” which he demonstrates for Bob, Jordan has inspired an entire generation of musicians. Jordan joins Bob in the studio to play a few tunes, discuss his career and his passion for music therapy.

Read more about Stanley Jordan HERE.