The Connection; [1994-12-14-excerpt], How People Meet

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Series
The Connection
Episode
[1994-12-14-excerpt], How People Meet
Producing Organization
WBUR (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-g73707xt70
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Description
Episode Description
This is the "How People Meet" segment from the December 14, 1994 episode as described above. Guests are Lisa DeSisto of the Boston Phoenix; [Jodie Henderson], who runs the call center; Hilary Rich, author of Get Married Now. They talk about personal advertisements and the quest to find a mate. They also take calls from listeners. At the end of the segment, Christopher Lydon reads production credits in the form of personal ads.
Series Description
"'The Connection' with Christopher Lydon made its debut on WBUR-FM, Boston's NPR affiliate, on Labor Day, 1994. The program is unlike anything else on radio, combining call-in talk radio with interesting guests and inventive, short set-up pieces that begin each program. The Boston Globe said 'The Connection' has some of the best programs on the Massachusetts elections anywhere in the electronic media, and that it displays eclecticism and a sense of humor. We have submitted four distinctive programs, which reflect a sample of our work we think appropriate for the entertainment category of the awards. Program one, 'Re-engineering,' is about re-engineering and downsizing in the economy with two Cambridge business journalists. Program two, 'The Camille Backlash,' is a follow up broadcast to the previous day's 'Connection' interview with feminist author Camille Paglia. Program three, 'The Perfect Crime,' begins with our own idea of a perfect crime, and is followed by the perfect crimes of listeners. Program four, 'How People Meet,' explores the dating scene in the 90's, beginning with a visit to a service center providing personal ads and teledating services for hundreds of newspapers across the country."--1994 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1994-12-14
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:53:22.776
Credits
Director: Sutherland, J.J.
Executive Producer: McGrath, Mary
Host: Lydon, Christopher
Producer: Sutherland, J.J.
Producer: Kaufman, Jill
Producer: Azaria, Laurie
Producing Organization: WBUR (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Writer: Lydon, Christopher
Writer: McGrath, Mary
Writer: Sutherland, J.J.
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-00eacac611e (Filename)
Format: 1/4 inch audio cassette
Duration: 0:49:30
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Citations
Chicago: “The Connection; [1994-12-14-excerpt], How People Meet,” 1994-12-14, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 4, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-g73707xt70.
MLA: “The Connection; [1994-12-14-excerpt], How People Meet.” 1994-12-14. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 4, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-g73707xt70>.
APA: The Connection; [1994-12-14-excerpt], How People Meet. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-g73707xt70