News/Talk Highlights for Friday, February 4

The Rainbow Minute (Locally produced for WRIR)	08:59 12:29 04:29	Hospital Visitation Extended to Same-Sex Couples
Studio 360	09:00	The Egyptian protests affect on artists – and much more… Click "read more>>" for details
The State We’re In	10:00	Secrets and Lies Click "read more>>" for details
Hidden Histories (Locally produced for WRIR)	10:01	Martin Luther King Jr. and civil disobedience
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:00	Author and Humorist David Sedaris
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:30	Sculptor Michael Jones McKean
Sound Opinions	01:00	Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Talk of the Nation	02:00	Turning skin cells to heart cells, Can dogs smell cancer? — and much more… Click "read more>>" for details

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

Today: "Hospital Visitation Extended to Same-Sex Couples" – read by Amy Lockett

Studio 360 (9:00)

Today:

– An Egyptian poet tells us about the uncertain position of artists in his country…

– …and we hear his new poem about the protests

– An interview with the director of the new movie “Winter’s Bone”

– A poet and his book about the Amistad slave revolution

– A modern look at John Steinbeck’s America

– Spark: Falling in love with the stuff you work with

The State We’re In (10:00)

Today: “Secrets and Lies”

– The adopted son of Kansas farmers discovers a shocking truth about himslef that everyone in the town but he knew.

– A homeless man in Amsterdam discovers his father was a millionaire.

– A former student tells us about the extraordinary tangled web of lies he told to pass his college internship.

– A Ugandan journalist explains why he'sconvinced he’s one of the world’s luckiest men.

Hidden Histories (10:01)

Today: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s essay on civil disobedience and its affect on the civil rights movement in the South.

Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)

Today: Liz interviews author and humorist David Sedaris who was in town last year for an engagement at The Landmark Theatre.

Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)

Today: Tim talks with sculptor, VCU art instructor and Guggenheim Fellow: Michael Jones McKean

Sound Opinions (1:00)

Today: Musical duo Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan stop by the studio. Plus more music news and reviews.

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

Today:

HOUR 1

– Turning skin cells into heart cells… quicker

– Walking your way to a bigger brain

– The depths of aquarium science

HOUR 2

– Can dogs smell cancer?

– Taking the politics out of climate science

– Why Pluto got demoted

The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)

Today: David Harvey, the author of "The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism."