Y Go 2 Waste
Morning Edition - January 4, 2000
People who prepared for potential Y2K disaster (no electricity, no water, no food) talk about what they're going to do with all the canned food, bottled water, and other provisions that they stockpiled "just in case". (3:00)

Consumers and Y2K
Morning Edition - July 6, 1999
Host Bob Edwards talks with Nancy Lloyd, editor-at-large for Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, about practical steps consumers can take to prepare for the year 2000. (3:40)

Y2K Cassandra Project
Morning Edition - May 17, 1999
NPR's Margot Adler reports from Boulder, Colorado, on a group of people who are helping their neighbors calmly plan and prepare to have necessities on hand on January 1st, in case there are shortages that result from the Y2K computer problem. The group in Boulder is one of 300 such groups across the country, which are part of the "Cassandra Project." They recommend that people have at least two weeks worth of heat, water and food for their families. (8:40)

Y2K Web Sites
Morning Edition - April 27, 1999
Host Bob Edwards talks with the editor of Betaonline.com about the number of Y2K Web sites springing up on the Internet. While the sites range from the scholarly to the humorous, most are geared towards one thing: cashing in on the millennium. (3:33)

Y2K Media
All Things Considered - February 1, 1999
NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on how the media are treating the techno-threat of the millennium, the so-called year 2000 bug whereby computers won't know how to deal with a date that begins with "20." Some are running stories and editorials predicting the end of the world as we know it; others say phooey. It's a rare departure from the usual media herd behavior. (5:00)

Life in the 90s
Morning Edition - January 12, 1999
Commentator Matt Miller says the Y2K problem reveals the limits of our dependence on technology. (2:34)

Y2K Survivalists
Weekend Edition - January 10, 1999
Some people believe that the Y2K computer bug will result in the crash of computer systems worldwide. To protect themselves against disaster, so-called "Y2K survivalists" have been stocking up on non-electrical goods and canned food. Natalie Walston of WOSU in Ohio reports on one store that's reaping the benefits of concern. (5:00)

Digital Rapture
Weekend Edition Saturday - January 9, 1999
Some people say the disruption caused by Y2K computer problems echoes the predictions for the second coming of Christ in the Book of Revelations. NPR's Lynn Neary reports on how some evangelical groups are reacting. (6:30)

TEOTWAWKI
Morning Edition - October 7, 1998
It's TEOTWAWKI - Jason Beaubien reports from San Francisco on some people who are taking the year 2000 computer problem so seriously that they're converting their assets to gold and silver and stockpiling food and water. Such doomsday thinking is based on their belief that the Y2K problem will cause society to collapse. There's even an acronym to describe the dire prediction: TEOTWAWKI: "The End of the World as We Know It." (7:32)

Y2K Survivalists
Talk of the Nation- November 10, 1998
Y2K survivalists advise stockpiling food and weapons. Conspiracy theorists warn that the U.S. government is hiding an apocalypse. And all this over a little computer glitch called Y2K. No one knows for sure what will happen January 1st, 2000. Everything from ATMs to the Defense Department's missile systems depends upon computers understanding that "00" is the year 2000 and not the year 1900. Join Talk of the Nation host Ray Suarez and his guests to discuss Y2K and how it might affect YOUR life.

Y2K Problem
Talk of the Nation - July 17, 1998
How are you planning to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000? Will you be toasting the new year? Or cowering in a cold, darkened room as computers shut down? In this hour, we'll take a look at the problems computers may face in the year 2000--and what people are doing to prepare.
Guests: John Panchery, Vice President, Year 2000 Project Manager Securities Industry Association, New York, New York; Connie Morella, U.S. Representative (R-Maryland), Chairwoman, House Subcommittee on Technology, Washington, DC; Mark Haselkorn, Professor, Technical Communication College of Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington; Stephanie Moore Senior Analyst Giga Information Group Norwalk, Connecticut

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