News/Talk Highlights for Monday, Aug. 15
The Rainbow Minute
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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08:59
12:29
04:29
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Education and Justice step in
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Living on Earth
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09:00
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Fix the electric grid or
dump it? And much more
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Le Show with Harry Shearer
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10:00
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Hidden Histories
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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10:01
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Early U.S. attempts at
universal healthcare
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Defenders Live with Ana Edwards
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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12:00
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Homespun
(Locally produced for WRIR)
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12:30
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WRIR Favorites
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01:00
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WTF with Marc Maron
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Talk of the Nation
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02:00
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Profiles of Bachmann and Perry;
When Teachers cheat;
…and much more
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The Rainbow Minute (8:59, 12:29, 4:29)
Today: "The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Step In" – read by Mary Gay Hutcherson
Living on Earth (9:00)
Today:
– A look at the new fuel efficiency standard for trucks
– Toxic Tide, part 2 – the health effects of the gulf oil disaster
– Wasting scarce drinking water on oil extraction in California
– Science Note: rat’s whiskers and stroke victims
– SNAP to the farmers’ market
– Salt Marsh Diary: The Snowy Egret
– Two opposing views on improving the electric grid
Le Show with Harry Shearer (10:00)
Hidden Histories (10:01)
Today: Early attempts to bring universal healthcare to the U.S., from 1906 – 1943.
Defenders Live with Ana Edwards (12:00)
Homespun (12:30)
WRIR Favorites: (1:00)
Today: WTF with Marc Maron, Episode 111, Louis CK
Talk of the Nation (2:00)
Today:
– Profiles of GOP contenders Bachmann and Perry
– The Mujahedeen Khalq and their attempts to be removed from the national terror list
– The Great Dismal Swamp fire and the efforts to put it out
– When teachers cheat, what happens to the students?
– Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 46 days
Voices of our World (4:00)
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