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»12/1/05 Holiday Travel / The Marathon and University Medical Center
2005 promises to be the the busiest holiday travel season for half a decade. How will pending airline bankruptcies affect consumers? What are the best deals in and out of Las Vegas?
     And, organizers of this weekend's Marathon, along with Olympic Medallist, Rod Dixon, tell us what we can expect from this year's bigger-than-ever race.

»12/2/05 A Time of Gifts and A Killer's Tale
'Tis the season to be jolly--and savvy. Are gift cards from major retailers a safe buy? A roundtable exchange on gift-giving hosted by Erin Neff.
     And Doug Elfman joins us to take your calls and questions on electronic toys.

»12/4/05 SoN Weekend Choice I and SoN Weekend Choice II
An online-only selection of the best segments from the past week's broadcasts.

»12/5/05 Military Recruiting and Tom Collins
Military Recruiters are under pressure, both from critics of their practices and supporters of overseas interventions needing more young men and women in service. What exactly are military recruitment goals and practices? Our guests: an army recruiter, an organizer opposed to recruitment in schools, and a school official to discuss CCSD's own policy.
     And we'll talk with the founder of the public storytelling project, StoryCorps, coming soon to Las Vegas.

»12/6/05 Official Emergency Preparedness and Paul Brown
This week the bipartisan 9/11 Commission gave the Government numerous low grades in key areas of disaster response readiness. Where should citizens best direct their concerns? And how prepared is our local business community?

»12/7/05 Black Gold and A Flight to Remember
Would $5 gas really be good for us? Our guest believes it would. And we hear from a volunteer with a mission: to clear the trash off Mount Charleston.

»12/8/05 The Uninsured and Richard Perkins
We talk long-distance to a UNLV graduate, currently working for the State Department in Baghdad. She feels that positive achievments in Iraq are not being adequately reported.
      And we look at the high number of uninsured people living in Nevada. Who are they exactly? What does this trend mean for healthcare overall? And, ultimately, who pays for it?

»12/9/05 Jets on the West Side and StoryCorps
The FAA is proposing a flight path change out of McCarran, taking about 125 flights per day over a wide swathe of the west Las Vegas Valley and downtown. The FAA will hold two public workshops about the proposal. The first will be at 6 p.m. Monday at Sierra Vista High School, 8100 Robindale Road. The second is at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Centennial High School, 10200 Centennial Parkway

»12/11/05 SoN Weekend Choice I and SoN Weekend Choice II
An online-only selection of the best segments from the past week's broadcasts.

»12/12/05 The Death Penalty and Senior Citizens
A roundtable exchange on capital punishment with E-mail and phone call input from you, the listener. Dave Berns hosts.

»12/13/05 Rising Utility Bills and Bill Walters
Few things strike terror in the heart of Nevadan householders quite the way our utility bills do: is this trend a market-driven reality? Or are we paying the price for our poor grassroots' organization?

»12/14/05 Medical Malpractice and Paul Isaacson
Three years ago a Medical Malpractice Crisis was declared by medical practitioners and institutions. What impact has last year's passage of a malpractice awards cap by voters had on the situation?
     Then, in a sequel to our recent discussion of the health insurance situation in Nevada, we hear from two insurance industry innovators, catering to the needs of young people and performers/artists respectively

»12/15/05 NOLA to LVNV and Councilman Steve Ross
They didn't expect to be living in Las Vegas this holiday season--but Mother Nature had other plans for these New Orleans families, now settling in our community on a permanent basis.

»12/16/05 Governor Guinn and Michael & Wendy Jordan
A year's end chat, featuring listener E-mail and phone call input, with Nevada's Governor Kenny Guinn. Erin Neff hosts.

»12/18/05 SoN Weekend Choice I and SoN Weekend Choice II
An online-only selection of the best segments from the past week's broadcasts.

»12/19/05 Religion and Public Life and Ace Robison
For some, the balance between professional role and religious conviction is easily struck; for others, it's a struggle: what place does faith have in academe, the media, and politics?

»12/20/05 Exile and Evangelical Christianity
Torture, imprisonment, exile: we hear from Nevada residents who escaped brutal regimes, to find freedom in a country that takes liberty for granted.

»12/21/05 Neighborhood Casinos and Roman Catholicism
Members of the Neighborhood Casino Committee join us to hear your comments and answer your questions. Clark County Commissioners recently received their guidelines for off-strip casino development. This program first aired November 22, 2005

»12/22/05 Autism and Rabbi Sanford Akselrad
The Las Vegas Valley has seen a disproportionate increase in autism rates. We'll look at causes of the disability, treatments, and educational opportunities for affected children. How did parents discover the condition? And what resources are there for families? This program first aired November 16th, 2005

»12/23/05 Senator Harry Reid and Islamic Nevada
At the end of a tumultuous year in politics--and a hectic final week on Capitol Hill-- Senator Harry Reid takes your calls and emails.

»12/26/05 Foreign Exchange and Before the Future Found Us
A fresh perspective--from some young foreigners studying here. Flo Rogers hosts.

»12/27/05 SoN Annual Choice I and Las Vegas: A Centennial History I
A selection of some of our favorite segments from the past year's broadcasts. Part 1 of 3.

»12/28/05 SoN Annual Choice II and Las Vegas: A Centennial History II
A selection of some of our favorite segments from the past year's broadcasts. Part 2 of 3.

»12/29/05 SoN Annual Choice III and One City, Many Faces
A selection of some of our favorite segments from the past year's broadcasts. Part 3 of 3.

»12/30/05 Review of 2005 and Storming Caesars Palace
What stories and issues impacted the lives of local and state residents? Our panel of journalists review the year just ending. Erin Neff hosts.