Say brother. Button up your overcoat. Part 1
Description
This program focuses on the escalating cost of oil and the hardships faced by limited-income families trying to keep warm. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray, in a live program, speaks with Jaime Rodriguez (of the South End Spanish Center and the Roxbury Alliance for a Sane Energy Future), Gloria Fox (Executive Director of the Roxbury-North Dorchester APAC), technical advisor Allan Ackerman (President of Energyworks, Inc.), and Boston firefighter Lieutenant Roy Burrill, about emergency assistance programs, the application process, weatherization, and heating homes safely. The program includes a roll-in interview conducted by Beth Deare with Dick Pierce, an energy expert converting his Roxbury home to solar heat. Viewer calls taken in the program's second half.
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59 min
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Geography
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Alexander Street
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