News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Dec 12 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Dec 12


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Harvey Milk's Legacy
Living on Earth
09:00
 Coal byproduct as
  hazardous waste
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 The Moth
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 Megacities and sustainability;
 Clean water, enough for everybody?
 …and more
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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Harvey Milk's Legacy" – read by Virginia State Delegate, Joe Morrissey
                       
 
Today:  
– News from the Durban Climate Conference
– A chat with the Middlebury College student who disrupted Durban
– Urban farming in Africa
– Oregon's first marine reserve
– The migration of Snow Geese
– Classifying coal fly ash as hazardous waste
– Speculation on the next industrial revolution
– Selling the benefits of Asian Carp
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  The Moth
 
 
 
Today: 
– Megacities the key to sustainable growth?
– The forbidden practice of child brides
– Clean water, is there enough to sustain a growing population?
– Scene's from Japan's nuclear disaster
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    December 12th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Dec 5 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Dec 5


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Judy Garland's Dress and
  Ruby Slippers
Living on Earth
09:00
 Climate talks begin in South Africa
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 State of the Reunion
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 
Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Judy Garland's Dress and Ruby Slippers" – read by Matt Jewell
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Climate talks begin in South Africa
– Remembering Dr. Paul Epstein
– The effects of the coal rush in Mozambique
– Chevron's oil spill off Brazil's coast
– Updates from past stories
– A look at what's missing from commercial honey
– Using pizza crusts and hot dogs as fish food
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  State of the Reunion
 
 
 
Today: 
 
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    December 5th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 21 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 21


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Your Ticket is No Good
Living on Earth
09:00
 Finding fishy seafood labels
 …and much more
 Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 State of the Reunion
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 Pressuring Iran; Profiling predators
 …and much more

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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Your Ticket is No Good" – read by Miss Heaven-Leigh Kennedy
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Re-thinking the Lacey Act for interstate protection of rare plants and animals
– How social sciences are necessary to spur environmental action
– Investigating fishy labels for seafood
– Protecting Pacific Salmon from a deadly virus
– A conversation with CJ May, the "recycling magician"
– Befriending an octopus
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  State of the Reunion
 
 
 
Today: 
– Putting pressure on Iran
– Deficity Supercommittee stumbles, what now?
– Profiling sexual predators
– From the opinion page:  was the pepper spray necessary?
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    November 21st, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 14 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 14


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 The Persistence of
  Victoria Kolakowski
Living on Earth
09:00
 Catching the rain
 …and much more
 Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
  
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 When the company leaves
 the company town
…and much more

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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "The Persistence of Victoria Kolakowski" – read by Ted Heck
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Why the huge increase in CO2 emissions?
– What does the delaying Keystone Pipeline decision mean?
– Learning to catch the rain
– Mainstream electric cars of the future
– Antibiotics, livestock and the rise of superbugs
– A close look at exploding plants
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  
 
 
 
Today: 
– When the company leaves the company town
– Opinion:  The wrong focus on creating jobs
– The art of translation and what's lost in the process
– A chat with J. J. Abrams, creator of "Lost" about what's next
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    November 14th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 7 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Nov. 7


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Suquamish Tribe Approves
 Same-Sex Marriage
Living on Earth
09:00
 Salmon or Mining in Alaska
 …and much more
 Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 
Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Suquamish Tribe Approves Same-Sex Marriage" – read by Andrew Cothern
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Salmon fishing or Mining jobs, which will prevail in Alaska?
– Freezing the arsenic in Canada's Giant Mine
– Bolivian president, caught between pro-growth and pro-environment
– What to do with a fallen Sequoia
– Europe's "survival of the dumbest" robots
– Turning architecture into musical instruments
– The gathering of Great Egrets
 
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dennis J

    November 7th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 31 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 31

Happy
Halloween
 
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00   
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Larry Kramer Wins Big
Living on Earth
09:00
 Environmentally lawless borders
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 Origins of American Police
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00   
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 
Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00   
Voices of Our World 04:30   

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Larry Kramer Wins Big" – read by Phil Crosby
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Doing away withe environmental laws on the U.S. border
– Deadly bat disease identified
– Tribal alliance with U.S. saves forests and tradition
– The Hermit Crab housing crisis
– Identifying sea gulls
– A leafy green sea slug
– Glow in the dark cats fighting HIV
– Three strange tales of preservation by lake
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 
Today:  The history of American police force, from slave patrols to today.
 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dennis J

    October 31st, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 24 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 24


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 British Artist, Duncan Grant
Living on Earth
09:00
 Feeding a growing planet
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 
Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "British Artist, Duncan Grant" – read by Mike Rutz
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Feeding a growing population
– Remembering Native American activist, Elouise Cobell
– Occupy the Pasture
– Healing vocal chords
– The sinking nation of Kiribati
– The Water is Rising tour, performing to save island nations
– iCub humanoid baby robo
– The author of "Genius of Place: The Life of Fredrick Law Olmsted"
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dennis J

    October 24th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 17 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 17


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Pick a Pseudonym
Living on Earth
09:00
 Kitchen scraps as a business
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 Mid-sized business and
 the economy
 …and much more

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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:   "Pick a Pseudonym" – read by Dan Roberts
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Australia to join the carbon market
– The efforts to boost and, at the same time, dismantle the EPA
– International environmental protests are yeilding results
– A look at the business of "shark tourism"
– More potent than asbestos and completely unregulated:  Erionite
– Science Note:  Fat mice get thin by thinking
– A kitchen scrap pickup business in Boston
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
 
 
 
Today: 
– Mid-sized business is driving the economy?
– From Op Ed:  The future of the Occupy Wall Street protests
– "West Side Story" at 50
– A chat with the author of "The End of Sparta"
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    October 17th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 10 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 10


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 October 10, 2008 –  Connecticut Supreme Court
Living on Earth
09:00
Keystone pipeline oil for export?
 …and much more
 Click "read more>>" for details
Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 Obama and civil liberties;
 Globalization of India  …and more

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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  

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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:   "On This Day in History – October 10, 2008 – Connecticut Supreme Court…" – read by Tom Miller
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Keystone pipeline oil to be exported?
– Rooftop solar installation booming
– A look at the Supreme Court's environmental docket
– Beavers engineering ecosystems
– A look at the American Beaver
– Cool fix:  recycling the ocean's plastic
– Environmental artist, Christo's latest project
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 

 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
 
 
 
Today: 
– The challenges veterans face finding jobs when returning to civilian life
– From the op-ed pages:  "Obama: a disaster for civil liberties"
– A look at how globalization has affected India
– Food stamps, fast food and dignity
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    October 10th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 3 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Oct. 3


Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 08:00
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
 Navy Lt. Gary Ross
 Married at Midnight
Living on Earth
09:00
 Meeting our energy challenges
 …and much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
 The Declaration of the
 Occupation, part one.
Tell Me More with Michele Martin 11:00
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun
12:30
 Community Events Recorded Live!
 Click "read more>>" for details
WRIR Favorites
01:00
 Radio Lab!
 Click "read more>>" for details
Talk of the Nation
02:00
 Pakistan and the U.S;

 Prostate cancer recovery
…and much more
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Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) 04:00  
Voices of Our World 04:30  
 
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Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (08:00)
 
 
 
The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:   "Navy Lt. Gary Ross Married at Midnight" – read by Matt Zoller
 
                       
 
Today:  
– Meeting our nation's energy challenges
– The most sustainable street in LA
– Remembering Wangari Maathai
– The chemicals that remain in dry cleaned clothes
– The tangled web of Montana spiders
– Science Note:  Supermolecular suitcases
– Eighteen wheelers and their bikes
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
.
 
 
Today:  Part 1 of The Declaration of the Occupation of Wall Street
 
 
Tell Me More with Michele Martin (11:00)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun  (12:30)
Today:  
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab!
Season 2, Episode 4:  "Where am I?"  How your brain keeps track of your body.
 
 
Today: 
– The troubled relationship between Pakistan and the U.S.
– Opinion pieces on the killing of Al-Awlaki
– The truth about prostate cancer recovery
– Reporting on Mexico's drug war
 
 

Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) (4:00)

 
 
 

Dennis J

    October 3rd, 2011

Posted In: News

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