News/Talk Highlights for Monday, July 4 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, July 4

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
America the Beautiful
Living on Earth
09:00
Fireworks and the
environment   …and more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
   
 
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
   
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
    
Homespun CSPAN
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
   
WRIR Favorites
01:00
Fourth of July Special
 
Talk of the Nation
02:00
    

 

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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "America the Beautiful" – read by Brenda Thornton
 
                       
 
Living on Earth (9:00)
Today:  
– The fight over vehicle fuel efficiency
– The slump in the EU carbon market
– A zero waste green grocer in Austin, Texas
– Science Note:  super sturdy steel
– Closing state parks in California
– The nature and art of fireworks
– Protecting Florida’s Wakulla Springs
– A guide to the trees in New York’s Central Park
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
 
 
 
Hidden Histories (10:01)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun CSPAN  (12:30)
 
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  A Fourth of July Special
 
 
Talk of the Nation (2:00)
 
 
 
Voices of our World (4:00)
 
 

Dennis J

    July 4th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, July 1 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, July 1

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
The Flag Atop the Space Needle
Studio 360
09:00
Libya’s revolution soundtrack
— and more…
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Open Source with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
A discussion of  local issues
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Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
Marcia Clark, author and former
OJ Simpson prosecutor
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
  
Sound Opinions
01:00
The best of 2011… so far
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Modernist cuisine;
Settling Mars
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "The Flag Atop the Space Needle" – read by Pat Gershenoff
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:
– Libya’s soundtrack to the revolution
– Vince Gilligan on “Breaking Bad
– The summer of the ukulele
– Jennifer Higdon, a serious composer with a populist appeal
The Normal Heart: The story of AIDS for a new generation
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment: 
804-649-9737  or email to:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or tweet:  @rvaopensource
 
Today’s Topics:  …
1. New regulations related to Alcohol start today.  Guest: Curtis Coleburn, COO of the Virginia ABC
2. What was Virginia like around the Revolutionary War?  Guests: Dr. Harry Ward and Bill Welsh
 
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
Today:  Former OJ Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark and her first foray into fiction, "Guilt By Association."
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
 
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:   Hosts Jim and Greg get a jump on their best-of lists by naming the Top Albums of 2011…So Far
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Modernist cuisine: high tech meets high art
– An ocean full of sex, drugs and sea slime
– Video pick: blowing bubble nets to catch fish
HOUR 2
– Settling Mars: inevitable or impossible?
– America’s founding gardeners
 
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Frank Lopez, director of the environmental film "End: Civ."

Dennis J

    July 1st, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 17 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 17

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Hawaii Supreme Court Judge
Studio 360
09:00
Microbial video games;
Singer, Laura Cantrell
— and more…
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Open Source with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
A discussion of local issues
Click "read more>>" for details
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
"The Secret Lives of Hoarders"
Part 1
Click "read more>>" for details
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
Mandy FItzgerald and
Phyllis DeMaurizi
Sound Opinions
01:00
Arcade Fire
Talk of the Nation
02:00
The state of solar power;
The history of information
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Hawaii Supreme Court Judge" – read by Gary Wescott
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:
– Apple’s newest update – it’s corporate hq building
– Video games using live microbes
– Laura Cantrell sings Kitty Wells
– Timothy Schaffert discusses his new book:  The Coffins of Little Hope
– A folksong lament for Facebooking
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
 Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment:  804-649-9737  or email to:  [email protected]   or twitter:  @rvaopensource
 Today’s Topics:  …
1. In light of the news that The National owes more than $8 million, a look at the state of live music in the area.  Guest: Al Harris of Richmondbizsense.com and Jeff Sadler, former General Manager of the now defunct Toad's Place
2. The city wide sustainability plan with guest Alicia Zatoff, The City of Richmond's Sustainability Manager
 
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
Today:  Matt Paxton and Phaedra Hise talk about their book, "The Secret Lives of Hoarders."  This part one of a two part series
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
Today:  Mandy Fitzgerald and Phyllis DeMaurizi –  fitzyface.coum
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:   Arcade Fire is in the studio to perform live and talk about their rise from small indie band to chart topping Grammy winners.
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Can stem cell treatments help athletes?
– The state of solar power
HOUR 2
– Voyager 1, probing our solar system’s distant edge
– James Gleick on the history of information
 
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Colombian journalist and human-rights activist Hollman Morris.

Dennis J

    June 17th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, June 13 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, June 13

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
A Big Step Up for Ireland
Living on Earth
09:00
People who eat dirt
…and more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
  
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
Muhammad Ali,
Concientous Objector
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
  
Homespun CSPAN
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
  
WRIR Favorites
01:00
The Moth Radio Hour
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Chasing the recovery;  
The Secretary of Education
…and more
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "A Big Step Up for Ireland" – Gary Wescott
 
                       
 
Living on Earth (9:00)
Today:  
– UN Climate talks underway
– Do sinking nations have rights?
– Behind the effort to run down RGGI
– The pros and cons of the Canada-US oil pipline
– Choosing to save the Chamois
– A look at a finalist of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge
– Geophagy:  people who eat dirt
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
 
 
 
Hidden Histories (10:01)
 Today:  Muhammed Ali, his conviction in 1967 for draft evasion due to his concientious objector status — and the conviction's reversal 3 years later.
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun CSPAN  (12:30)
 
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  The Moth Radio Hour – episode 401 – "OMG: Stories of the Sacred"
 
 
Talk of the Nation (2:00)
Today:  
– Chasing the recovery:  whats at stake in this recovery
– From the opinion page:  Syria losing its false mask of moderation
– Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, answers questions about the future of education
 
 
 
Voices of our World (4:00)

Dennis J

    June 13th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 10 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 10

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Out and About With
Ricky Martin
Studio 360
09:00
The Book of Mormon;
The Antlers
— and much more…
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Open Source  with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
A discussion of local issues
Click "read more>>" for details
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
Author, S. J. Chambers
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
Stewart Roberson, Superinten-
dant Hanover County Schools
Sound Opinions
01:00
Songs about Dad
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Trapping anti-matter;
A better electric grid
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Out and About With Ricky Martin” – read by Michael Murphy
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:
– Ben Shapiro on so-called primetime propaganda
– Songs from the musical “The Book of Mormon”
– A look at the Macbeth remake:  “Sleep No More”
– Aha moment:  Gentlemen’s agreement
– The Antlers play live in studio
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
 Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment:  804-649-9737  or email to:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  or Tweet:  @RVAOpensource
 Today’s Topics:  …
1.  AIDS, after 3 decades what does the situation look like today.  Guest:  Rodney Laughton of the Fan Free Clinic
2.  The VA Board of Education recently approved virtual classrooms.  What will this mean to area schools.  Guests:  Bill Tucker and Rob Jones.
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes(12:00)
 Today:  S.J. Chambers, co-author of "The Steampunk Bible"
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring(12:30)
 Today:  Stewart Roberson, Superintendant of Hanover County Schools
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:   Hosts Jim, Greg and listener guest critics say Happy Father's Day with their favorite Songs About Dad.
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Trapping anti-matter for 16 minutes – why and how?
– Gene mutations offering clues on autistic brains
HOUR 2
– Life in the century of disasters – this century?
– Building a better electric grid
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Linda Stout, author of "Collective Visioning: How Groups Can Work Together for a Just and Sustainable Future."

Dennis J

    June 10th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, June 6 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, June 6

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Delaware Steps Up
Living on Earth
09:00
No more nuclear for Germany
…and more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00
  
Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
  
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
  
Homespun CSPAN
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
  
WRIR Favorite: Radio Lab
01:00
  
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Employer immigration crackdown;
Doctors vs. Nurses
…and more
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Delaware Steps Up" – read by Perry Monastero
 
                       
Living on Earth (9:00)
Today:  
– Germany says no to nuclear power
– Will Jerry Brown shift California to cap and trade?
– Environmental activists murdered in the Amazon
– Wet fields in the Midwest prevent corn planting
– Charting the health of coral in the Persian Gulf
– Will metropolises become “aerotropolises”?
– The symphony “Living, Breathing Earth”
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer(10:00)
 
 
 
Hidden Histories (10:01)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun CSPAN  (12:30)
 
 
 
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today:  Radio Lab
 
 
Talk of the Nation (2:00)
Today:  
– Employer immigration crackdown
– The future of The New York Times
– A look at the tension between doctors and nurses
– Comedienne, Aisha Taylor
 
 
Voices of our World (4:00)
 

Dennis J

    June 6th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 3 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, June 3

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Gay Marriage Gives Massachusetts
a Competitive Edge
Studio 360
09:00
Live with Eugen Mirman & others

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Open Source  with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
A discussion of local issues
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Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
Artist/Author, Noah Scalin
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
Joe Seipel, Dean,
VCU School  of the Arts
Sound Opinions
01:00
Bob Dylan 70th birthday tribute
Click "read more>>" for details
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Moving beyond Facebook;
Charting the local universe
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Gay Marriage Gives Massachusetts a Competitive Edge" – read by Patty Sauls
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:  “Live with Eugene Mirman & The Tune-Yards”
– Eugene Mirman vs. The cable guy
– Merrill Garbus becomes Tune-Yards
– “In my next life I will be…”
– Author, Elizabeth Wurtzel
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
Today’s episode was pre-recorded so live call-in will not be possible  However, be sure to listen for the question at the end and send in your email responses to:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Today's topics:
1. Sprawl in the Richmond region, part 2 focusing on the inner ring of suburbs.  Guest:  Elizabeth Plater Zyberk, an original founder of new urbanism.
2. A look at the Food Cart scene in Richmond with guests Henry Reidy and Tanya Cauthen.
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
 Today:  Local artist Noah Scalin, author of "Skulls"
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
 Today:  Joe Seipel, the dean of the VCU School of the Arts
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:   ound Opinions concludes its 70th birthday series on Bob Dylan by looking at the singer/songwriter's career renaissance. Jim and Greg learn about Dylan in the studio from engineer and producer Mark Howard.
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Can social networking move beyond Facebook?
– Cyber attacks may be “acts of war”
– Researchers make a stink to fight mosquitos
HOUR 2
– Charting the local universe
– Can literature make a better doctor?
– Novelist, Doctor Chris Adrian  on “The Great Night”
 
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Tracy Baim, author of "Obama and the Gays."

Dennis J

    June 3rd, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, May 30 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Monday, May 30

 

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Just Ask Lt. Greenspan and
Commander Campbell
Living on Earth
09:00
Raising kids in a toxic world
…and more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
10:00

Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01

Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00

Homespun CSPAN
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30

WRIR Favorite: Radio Lab
01:00

Talk of the Nation
02:00
An update on Iraq; President
Obama's Memorial Day activites
…and more
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Just Ask Lt. Greenspan and Commander Campbell" – read by Will Armstrong
 
                       
 
Living on Earth (9:00)
Today:  
– Black Lung is back for miners
– U.S. cities dangerous for pedestrians
– Liquid coal as alternative to oil?
– Project Mohole fifty years later
– Urban gardening without containers
– Raising children in a world with a changing climate
– Getting up close and personal with a pair of common loons
 
 
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer(10:00)
 
 
 
Hidden Histories (10:01)
 
 
 
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards  (12:00)
 
 
 
Homespun CSPAN  (12:30)
 
 
 
WRIR Favorites: Radio Lab (1:00)
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation (2:00)
Today:  
– An update on U.S. troop presence in Iraq
– From the opinion page:  is a smaller military a good thing?
– President Obama honors fallen service members for Memorial Day
– The rise of the word "run" and the fall of "set"
 
 
Voices of our World (4:00)
 
 

Dennis J

    May 30th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 27 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 27

 Check out Today's Rainbow Minute!!!
 
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
The 1000th Episode!
(and the 1st episode)
Studio 360
09:00
David Simon's "Treme",
Rickie Lee Jones and more
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Open Source with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
Call in to discuss local issues
Click "read more>>" for today's topics
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
Hidden Histories host and
author, Jack R. Johnson 
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Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
Artist, Colin Bowring
Sound Opinions
01:00
Mike Watt of The Minutemen
Click "read more>>" for details
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Hail from microbes;  Lunar
crystals = more moon water
— and much more…
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And Be Sure to Come to the Rainbow Minute Ice Cream Social
Today at Sprout (1 N. Harrison) between 3 pm and 6 pm

 

 
 
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  The 1,000th Episode… and the 1st episode!
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:
– Online voice lessons for aspiring pop stars
– David Simon's "Treme"
– Rickie Lee Jones
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
 Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment:  804-649-9737  or email to:  [email protected]
 Today’s Topics:  …
1. Passenger rail in the Richmond region. Guest :  Daniel Plaugher, Executive Director of Virginians for High Speed Rail
2. A look at urbran sprawl and it's affect on the inner ring suburbs.   Guest:  Michela Zonta of VCU's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.
 
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
 Today:  Jack R. Johnson, author of An "Animal's Guide to Earthly Salvation."
 
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
Today:  Colin Bowring, artist — and the host's nephew
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:   Mike Watt of the California punk band The Minutemen talks about the band's history, legacy and influential album Double Nickels on the Dime.
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Hail and ice from microbes
– Is math ingrained into humans
– The origin of the word “Syphilis”
HOUR 2
– Lunar crystals indicate more water on the moon
– President Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” turns 50
 
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Vivek Chibber, one of the co-editors of the Socialist Register and an associate professor of sociology at NYU.

Dennis J

    May 27th, 2011

Posted In: News

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 20 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, May 20

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
Facebook Co-Founder is Engaged
Studio 360
09:00
Monopoly redesigned
— and much more…
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Open Source  with Will Snyder
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:00
Call in to discuss local issues
Click "read more>>" for Today's topics
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00

Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30

Sound Opinions
01:00
TheMinnesota trio:  Low
Click "read more>>" for details
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Re-evaluating Fukushima;
Planets without suns
— and much more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "Facebook Co-Founder is Engaged" –  read by Phil Ford
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:  “Michael Stipe and Monopoly Redesigned”
– Jacob Kassay: an art star is born
– Monopoly redesigned by listener suggestions
– An interview with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe
– Alexandra Styron: reading her father, novelist William Styron
– Aha moment from designer Karim Rashid
 
 
Open Source  with Will Snyder  (10:00)
 Local News and information plus listeners can call-in to discuss and comment:  804-649-9737  or email to:  [email protected]
 Today’s Topics:  …
1. A discussion on Shockhoe Bottom's issues.  Guests:   David Napier and Richard Hayes
2. Farmers Market scene in the Richmond region.  Guest: Peter Francisco
 
 
Tell Me More (11:00)
 
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
 
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
 
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:  Hosts Jim and Greg are joined by the Minnesota trio Low for a live performance and conversation about religion, rock and mixing music with marriage.
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– Re-evaluating the Fukushima nuclear situation
– Making a list for summer science reading
– The emergence of the periodical cicadas of brood 19
HOUR 2
– NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on its target
– Exoplanets: floating freely, without a star
– Celebrating the superconductor as it turns 100
 
 
 
Progressive Radio (4:30)
Today:    Natalie Goldberg, the author of "Writing Down the Bones."

Dennis J

    May 20th, 2011

Posted In: News

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