Thursday, August 21, 2008

AMERICA'S HOSTS: Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep; NEWSCASTS: Paul Brown, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST:  Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

Here are some highlights of today's show:

Chester County, Pennsylvania, sits inside one of the largest metropolitan concentrations in the world. Housing developers who had it easy during the boom times have had to adapt their pitches to homebuyers as the market cooled. This has led to new thinking -- and new designs – for suburban living. We'll find out what they're doing at 6:21 and 8:21.

Hypertension is what's called multi-causal. In today s health segment, we'll hear the various risk factors for the disease. One doctor in Boston is starting to use the latest research evaluating behavioral interventions, like meditation, to control hypertension.  That's at 6:40 and 8:40.

It's been 40 years since the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The invasion ended the "Prague Spring," a brief season of political and cultural freedom. As part of NPR's occasional series, "Echoes of 1968," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli looks back on the four decades since the Warsaw Pact troops invaded Poland. That's at 5:21 and 7:21.

The Beaux Arts Trio represents one of the most durable, elegant and widely celebrated chamber ensembles in recent history. N-P-R Music today webcasts, live, the final U-S concert from Tanglewood, Massachusetts.  That's where the group had its first public performance in 1955. The group will officially disband after some European concerts.  More at 7:51.

Thanks for listening.