News/Talk Highlights for Friday, April 22
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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08:59
12:29
04:29
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The Heroine of Earth Day,
Rachel Carson
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Studio 360
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09:00
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Creative Minds Go Green
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Open Source with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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10:00
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Focus on the James River
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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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11:01
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Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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12:00
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Author, Tameka Hobbs
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Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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12:30
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Gayle Turner, consultant
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Sound Opinions
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01:00
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The Drive-By Truckers
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Talk of the Nation
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02:00
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30 Years of space travel;
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today: "The Heroine of Earth Day, Rachel Carson" – read by Claudia Swanson
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today: “Creative Minds Go Green” (originally aired April, 2008)
– Solar powered street vending cart for charging cell phones, laptops, etc.
– Genetically engineered bacteria for making biofuel
– The Cal-Earth “superadobes” for green housing
– The photovoltaic roof of Coney Island’s Stillwell Avenue terminal
– William McDonough: godfather of green
– A retrospective on Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”
– Mutant anomalies as eco-art
– Redesigning Monopoly: the High Finance Edition
Open Source with Will Snyder (10:00)
New Show! Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment: 804-649-9737
Today: In honor of Earth Day the focus will be on the James River.
HOUR 1 – The state of the river and our stewardship of it. Guests: Chris French, director of the Virginia Chapter of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Pat Calvert of the James River Association.
HOUR 2 – Real estate development along the riverfront. Guest: Rachel Flynn, former head of community development for the City of Richmond
Hidden Histories (11:01)
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
Today: Tameka Hobbs, author of "To Collect, Protect, and Serve," a children's book about The Library of Virginia.
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
Today: Gayle Turner, actor, director and business consultant
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today: Southern rockers
The Drive-By Truckers pull up to the studio to perform live and talk with hosts Jim and Greg.
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Reliving 30 years of space travel
HOUR 2
– Listening to wild soundscapes
– Google give Mojave solar project a boost
– Rewriting the guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer’s
– The origin of the word “robot”
The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)
Today: Steve Early, author of "The Civil Wars in US Labor."