News/Talk Highlights for Monday, April 11

The Rainbow Minute (Locally produced for WRIR)	08:59 12:29 04:29	Writer, Christopher Isherwood
Living on Earth	09:00	EPA in the crosshairs …and more Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer	10:00
Hidden Histories (Locally produced for WRIR)	10:01
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:00
Homespun CSPAN (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:30
WRIR Favorites	01:00
Talk of the Nation	02:00	The making of the budget deal; The science of climate …and more Click "read more>>" for details

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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)

Today: "Writer, Christopher Isherwood" – read by Mike Hinerman

Living on Earth (9:00)

Today:

– The EPA in congressional crosshairs

– How deficit woes are undercutting support for Ethanol

– A retrospective on Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

– Science note: the cockroach as robot and astronaut

– Measuring the melting ice of Greenland’s glaciers

– How Brown Pelicans dive

– Los Angeles suburbs try electric cars

– Humanure: turning waste into fertilizer

Le Show with Harry Shearer(10:00)

Hidden Histories (10:01)

Defenders Live with Ana Edwards (12:00)

Homespun CSPAN (12:30)

WRIR Favorites: (1:00)

Talk of the Nation (2:00)

Today:

– The making of the budget deal

– From the opinion page: civilian vs. military trials for 9/11 terrorist suspects

– Cokie and Steve Roberts' new book about their family life and how they mix their different religious traditions

– An about-face from a climate change skeptic