News/Talk Highlights for Friday, February 18

The Rainbow Minute (Locally produced for WRIR)	08:59 12:29 04:29	Kevin Keller, Comic Book Celebrity
Studio 360	09:00	Fighting to keep the arts in Kansas — and much more! Click "read more>>" for details
The State We’re In	10:00	For Valentine's Day… Complicated love stories
Hidden Histories (Locally produced for WRIR)	10:01	A quick look at the mid 1960s activist group, The Black Panthers
Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:00	Leeanne Meadows, author Click "read more>>" for details
Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (Locally produced for WRIR)	12:30	VMFA Director, Alex Nyerges Click "read more>>" for details
Sound Opinions	01:00	The history of the Monkees
Talk of the Nation	02:00	Is gaming good for you? Science as a diplomatic tool? — and much more… Click "read more>>" for details

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

Today: "Kevin Keller, Comic Book Celebrity" – read by Glenn Lash

Studio 360 (9:00)

Today:

– Fighting to keep the arts in Kansas

– How metaphors influence, well, everything

– American Icons: “Dallas” the TV series

– This week’s Travels with Charley: New Orleans

– The winners of the Material Mash-up

– This week’s installment of Spark

The State We’re In (10:00)

Today: “It’s Complicated” The Valentine's Day show:

–A young British man poses as his lover’s long-lost son to keep the affair a secret;

– A Canadian woman stages a public fight with her boyfriend as a way of protesting Valentine’s Day,

– Parsi singles try speed dating to shore up their ever-shrinking numbers

– A Dutch photographer puts an ad in newspapers around the world for "the world’s most beautiful people" to come forward.

Hidden Histories (10:01)

Today: The Black Panthers – how their community service was overshadowed and eventually undone by their militancy.

Wordy Birds with Liz Humes (12:00)

Today: Leeanne Meadows, co-author of "Secretariat's Meadow"

Zero Hour with Tim Bowring (12:30)

Today: Alex Nyarges, Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts discusses the upcoming Picasso exhibit

Sound Opinions (1:00)

Today: Hosts Jim and Greg dive into the history and legacy of the “Revolutionary Made-for-TV Band,” The Monkees with writer Eric Lefcowitz.

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

Today:

HOUR 1

– Could gaming be good for you?

– Science funding and the national budget

– How fleas jump

HOUR 2

– Science as a diplomatic tool?

– How engineers carved out Manhattan to build the subway

The Progressive Radio Show (4:30)

Today: Israeli refusenik Gal Lugassi, who is a member of Anarchists Against the Wall.