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The Hot Sheet: November 1-7

A Roman philosopher named Seneca coined the phrase, “every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” His sentiment sets the stage for the coming week on PBS as we join a group of young men who worked to pull this country out of the Great Depression, take a journey back over three million years to discover the beginnings of our earliest human ancestors, and learn important life lessons about the beginning of life from the animal kingdom.

  • The end of the prosperity in the Roaring Twenties came with the Crash of 1929 which began one of the darkest times in our nation’s history. Faced with the national financial crisis, increasing inner-city crime, and mid-western droughts, President Franklin Roosevelt created The Civilian Conservation Corps. On Monday, November 2nd at 9pm ET (check local listings), American Experience’s 1930’s series introduces us to four alumni Corpsmen who share their first-hand accounts of what it was like to be part of the New Deal.
  • NOVA continues the scientific exploration of evolution with “Becoming Human,” a three part special starting Tuesday, November 3rd at 8pm ET (check local listings).  The program explores the profiles of the earliest hominids, how we began to break away from our ape relatives, and why other human species died out but our kind remains.
  • This week, Nature once again teaches us important lessons – this time about survival in the first moments of life. Animal parents, like human parents, face challenges like single parenthood and generational diversity. From alligator to zebra, watch as animals in the wild do their best to guide their newborns through the most difficult first days. Born Wild: The First Days of Life airs Sunday, November 1st at 8pm ET (check local listings). 

    • Economy tip of the week:
    The recession has forced many Americans to start over in their lives and careers. Listen to some of them share their stories about economic new beginnings. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/starting-over/

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    On November 1st, 2009 Dennis said:

    I love that saying. It is so true.

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