News/Talk Highlights for Friday, January 7 presents:

News/Talk Highlights for Friday, January 7

 

The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
08:59
12:29
04:29
A Hero in the Repeal of
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Studio 360
09:00
Detroit’s “ruin porn”
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The State We’re In
10:00
People who don't give up

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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
10:01
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:00
Gene Cox, TV news anchor
and author.
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring
(Locally produced for WRIR)
12:30
Mary Holland and
Kathleen Markowitz
Sound Opinions
01:00
New buried treasures
Talk of the Nation
02:00
Citizen science projects and
Getting the most from your TV
and more…
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today:  "A Hero in the Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell" – read by Whitney Vaughan
 
 
Studio 360 (9:00)
Today:   
– A look at Huckleberry Finn without the n-word
– Matt Damon and Sofia Coppola share their takes on Hollywood stardom
– Detroit’s decaying buildings as “ruin porn”
– Beware the Green Assassin – a satiric tale
 
 
The State We’re In (10:00)
Today:  “Bloody But Unbowed… People who don't give up”  
A mother in Algeria keeps looking for her son the government "disappeared".
– A swimmer in Sweden loses both legs and an arm in an accident and is now ranked fifth in the world.
– A woman in Zimbabwe loses her life savings in a swindle, but is still unshakeable in her faith.
– An Iranian filmmaker discovers the resilience of underground music in Tehran.
 
 
 
Hidden Histories (10:01)
 Today:  The Massacre at Wounded Knee and how soldiers were decorated for shooting a group of unarmed Native Americans.
 
 
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)
 Today:  Gene Cox, co-anchor of the WWBT-12 News and author of "Six Pigs in a Tub, a grammar repair kit"
 
 
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)
 Today:  Mary Holland and Kathleen Markowitz talk about the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
 
 
Sound Opinions (1:00)
Today:  A new batch of musical buried treasures
 
 
Talk of the Nation, Science Friday (2:00)
Today:
HOUR 1
– building nano-yarns to create functional fabrics
– Citizen science projects for the new year
HOUR 2
– New insights on the lunar core based on a 30 year old experiment
– Vaccine research and the anti-vaccine movement
– How to get the most from your new TV
 
 
The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)
Today:  Gene Matthews, a progressive missionary who spent decades in South Korea.

Dennis J

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    January 7th, 2011

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