"When history loses urgency, people tend to live at the expense of the future...
despite their better judgement."  
William Strauss, Neil Howe - Generations, the History of America's Future

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is the only program on radio today that offers 
perspectives on our world through the eyes of three different generations. It features
provactive guests and timely topics and airs every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. on KUAR,
FM 89.1, in Little Rock. The show is produced by Phil Mariage.

In documenting the various generations, Mariage feels it's especially important to capture and compare the opinions of the older, middle and younger generations so their stories can live on well into the future. Guests on the show have included former senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole, the late historian John Hope Franklin, George McGovern,Marian McPartland of National Public Radio's Piano Jazz,  former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice John Stroud, and the late Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, an influential writer, filmmaker, and anthropologist. Topics have included parenting, advertising, obesity, war, the Middle East, and addiction. 

Our program was featured on Public Radio Exchange (PRX) at http://podcast.prx.org/showcase/?p=120 .


Click here to see the ARCHIVE  list of past show topics and guests.

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                                                             Our next topic:


                                                                          7-20-10

 

                                                                    Spirits and Craft Liquors

 

It's getting hard to find old enough G.I.'s who can remember the days of prohibition which ran from 1920 till 1933. We have heard stories from our great grandparents about that era when alcohol and spirits were banned. Many a bootlegger mastered the skills needed to produce vast quantities of 'Moonshine.' In these post-prohibition decades the business of manufacturing and distributing wine, spirits and beer have really taken off. How has the alcohol and spirits business changed over this time and how has each generation contributed to its growth? Join us Tuesday July 20th at 7 PM here on KUAR and send you comments to yttkuar@gmail.com.

 

 

Older Generation:

 

1.     What did your generation hear from your parents or grandparents about the Prohibition era and how the production and distribution were affected?

2.     Most of your generation grew up as prohibition was being repealed...how did your generation react?

3.     What was the quality of the alcoholic beverages available in your youth?

4.     Since the sale of spirits and alcohol had been banned and then became legal, who and how did the new companies take begin?

5.     What was the high, middle and low cost beverage your generation preferred...and why?

6.     How did WWII affect the production and sale of these beverages?

7.     What advances in the production, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages did your generation make?

 

 

Middle Generation:

 

1.     Late Boomers and X'rs came of age as new products were beginning to add to the stable of old favorites...what beverages did your generation prefer and why?

2.     As the drug scene began to grow during the 60's through even today, how did drugs affect the popularity of spirits and alcohol?

3.     What part has the media played in the growth of wine, spirits and alcohol?

4.     Many very established firms manufactured and distributed these products...did your generation try to break into this field? Why or why not?

5.     How has the production process changed in your generation's time?

6.     Is your generation still selective about the beverage you drink, or have you had to change your preferences and if so why?

 

 

Younger Generation:

 

1.     Your generation is coming of age just as a whole new era in alcoholic beverages is flooding the market...what catches your generation's interest...and why?

2.     How has the media impacted your generation's desire to choose these beverages?

3.     There is resistance to spirits and alcoholic beverages that the other generations did not face, in the ways your generation is being influenced. How is your generation filtering this resistance to find your truth?

4.     What new changes is your generation trying to bring to this industry?

5.     How successful are some of these new products and are they replacing the older standbys?

6.     Does your generation have a preference to wine, beer or spirits? Why?

7.     The new micro and mini-breweries are adding great new beverages to the choices available. How does your generation support these new businesses and is there an emerging new giant product awaiting the market?

8.     There is a movement gathering steam that is rather conservative and challenging to the wine, spirit and alcoholic beverage industry...are they succeeding...if so why, if not...will they?

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