Monthly Archives: April 2011

WPRB News Updates – Arts Announcement from April 13

Our resident arts expert, Peter Giovine, put together an eclectic selection of
arts events happening around campus.
Some of the events he covered include:
- Friday April 15 to Friday April 22: The Land I Call My Road
-Friday April 15 and Saturday April 16: The Select by Elevator Repair Service
- April 14 to 16: Dusk to Dusk (senior dance show)

Click here to listen.

WPRB Science Special: Carbon Capturing and the Future of Energy

Coal plant

This week, WPRB correspondents Derek Gideon and Lisa Han looked into the controversy over the proposed building of PurGen One, a coal plant in Linden, NJ. They talked with Princeton PhD student Ben Court and Marissa Mascaro, Executive Vice President at Legal and Regulatory Affairs at SCS Energy, who gave two very different interpretations regarding the effects of the carbon capturing and storage technology to be utilized by the proposed plant. Listen below:
Interview with Ben Court
Interview with Marissa Mascaro

Also, Alfred Miller talked to Princeton University senior Katherine Song, whose team placed first in an international hydrogen production competition, about the power and potential of hydrogen to transform future energy needs. Listen here.

WPRB News – Voices on Japan


This week, Raphael Murillo interviewed Professor Sheldon Garon of Princeton University about the
impact of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan. They talked about the portrayal of the event
in the American and international media, and more general about the response of the Japanese
government to the crisis.

Click here for the segment on Japan (the full episode, which aired on Monday, March 28, included
live commentary on the situation in Libya)

Executive Producer: Raphael Murillo
Senior Producer: Rosy Yang
Chief Engineer: Jackie Cremos