News/Talk Highlights for Friday, July 15

The Rainbow Minute (Locally produced for WRIR)	08:59 12:29 04:29	Transgender Flight Attendants Recruited
Studio 360	09:00	American Icon: Buffalo Bill
Open Source with Will Snyder (Locally produced for WRIR)	10:00	A discussion of local issues (Pre-recorded today) Click "read more>>" for details
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:00	Author, Simon Van Booy Click "read more>>" for details
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:30
Sound Opinions	01:00	Tune-Yards
Talk of the Nation	02:00	Watts vs. Lumens; Appreciating weeds — and much more… Click "read more>>" for details

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

Today: "Transgender Flight Attendants Recruited" – read by Jeff Wells

Studio 360 (9:00)

Today: Another American icon: Buffalo Bill

Open Source with Will Snyder (10:00)

Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment:

Today’s Episode was pre-recorded, no live call-in, email or twitter today

1. A look at the future of First Friday's Art Walk in light of recent violence. Guest: Christina Newton, founder of First Fridays Art Walk

2. In the wake of the Picasso Exhibit, a discussion with Alex Nyerges, Director of the Virginia Musem of Fine Arts

Tell Me More (11:00)

Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)

Today: Liz talks about the mysteries of love and existence with Simon Van Booy, author of "Everything Beautiful Began After."

Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)

Sound Opinions (1:00)

Today: Tune in to hear the unique polyrhythms and vocal experiments of Merril Garbus' veritable one-woman band Tune-Yards.

Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)

Today:

HOUR 1

– Antibiotic resistant gonorrhea found in Japan

– Funding for James Webb Space Telescope in jeopardy

– The battle of the bulbs, watts vs. lumens

HOUR 2

– Editing genomes of living bacteria

– Can Google Plus compete with Facebook and Twitter?

– Appreciation for weeds and non-native plants

Progressive Radio (4:30)

Today: Ian Murphy, the Koch impersonator and editor of the Buffalo Beast.