News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Aug. 15

The Rainbow Minute (Locally produced for WRIR)	08:59 12:29 04:29	Education and Justice step in
Living on Earth	09:00	Fix the electric grid or dump it? And much more Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer	10:00
Hidden Histories (Locally produced for WRIR)	10:01	Early U.S. attempts at universal healthcare
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:00
Homespun (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:30
WRIR Favorites	01:00	WTF with Marc Maron
Talk of the Nation	02:00	Profiles of Bachmann and Perry; When Teachers cheat; …and much more Click "read more>>" for details

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

Today: "The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Step In" – read by Mary Gay Hutcherson

Living on Earth (9:00)

Today:

– A look at the new fuel efficiency standard for trucks

– Toxic Tide, part 2 – the health effects of the gulf oil disaster

– Wasting scarce drinking water on oil extraction in California

– Science Note: rat’s whiskers and stroke victims

– SNAP to the farmers’ market

– Salt Marsh Diary: The Snowy Egret

– Two opposing views on improving the electric grid

Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)

Hidden Histories (10:01)

Today: Early attempts to bring universal healthcare to the U.S., from 1906 – 1943.

Defenders Live with Ana Edwards (12:00)

Homespun (12:30)

WRIR Favorites: (1:00)

Today: WTF with Marc Maron, Episode 111, Louis CK

Talk of the Nation (2:00)

Today:

– Profiles of GOP contenders Bachmann and Perry

– The Mujahedeen Khalq and their attempts to be removed from the national terror list

– The Great Dismal Swamp fire and the efforts to put it out

– When teachers cheat, what happens to the students?

– Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 46 days

Voices of our World (4:00)