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Craig Comstock is host and editor of a weekly TV show called “Like, wow!” cablecast on channel 15 in southern Oregon and accessible also globally on the Internet. The focus of the show is "people and activities that arouse awe or admiration." Each of the episodes is a half-hour long, and the series is being rebroadcast (see note on how to view the show, below). All of the following guests are from the Rogue Valley.
Here are the episodes so far:
#01 Therapy for Healthy People (interview with Ron Kurtz, founder of the Hakomi school of psychotherapy)
#02 Way to Go: the Hospice Movement (visit to a client, Grace, with nurse Brenda Kazirre and volunteer Ann Strauss, plus interview with local hospice manager Denise Davis)
#03 Visits to Kabul: the Art of Peacemaking (interviews with Selene Aitken and Ellen Craine, both former directors of Peace House, both travelers to Afghanistan)
#04 Four Who Grow Food (visits to community and teaching gardens, and interviews with their managers: Bert Harris, Brian Holley, Scott McGuire, and Eric Sandrock)
#05 Tilling Our Own Soil (interviews with people who encourage local food gardeners: Ron Bombick, Lisa Pavati, McGuire again, and Stuart Trivers )
#06 Genes and the Science of Complexity (interview with Professor David Oline of the Biology Department at Southern Oregon University: see also #09)
#07 Dance Your Heart Out (visits to classes and events plus interviews with teachers and an organizer: Robin Bryant, Diane Horbacewicz, Rachael Resch)
#08 Tell Me a Story (an Italian folk tale illustrated by Shoshanah Dubiner (see also #13), a memoir passage written and read by John Fisher-Smith, and improvisation by two of the Hamazons, a comedy group: Kyndra Laughrey and Cil Stengel
#09 Life at Other Scales (microscope photographs plus interview with Professor Oline)
#10 Fire from the Earth (a hike in and other visits to Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii, and also to a new geology park in Ashland)
#11 Building Community (interview with Bill Kauth, co-founder of The Mankind Project)
#12 Chefs at Work (visits to the restaurant kitchens of, and interviews with, three Ashland chefs: Niel Clooney, John Hinkle, and Wil Shine)
#13 Painting Inspired by Science (a richly illustrated talk by the artist Shoshanah Dubiner, based on an invited paper at the annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division)
#14 The Long Descent (a conversation with John Michael Greer, author of the recently published book with this title)
#15 A Photographer’s Eye (a conversation with David Lorenz Winston, illustrated with his photographs)
How to view the show:
“Like wow” is cablecast once a week on channel 15, at a time announced on www.roguetv.org, in the schedule for public access (in spring quarter 2009, the time slot is Mondays at 7 p.m.). The show can also be seen on the internet at the time it is cablecast, by going to the same website and clicking on channel 15.