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»7/3/06 Ready for Life and Sir George Martin
High school dropouts are a major problem throughout the valley: the Ready for Life program involves local organizations and businesses helping to reach them.

»7/4/06 July Fourth and Poets of Blue Diamond
Nevada historians reflect on the meaning of American Independence in Nevada.

»7/5/06 Wednesday Topics and Martin Mull, Artist and Entertainer
Our topics today: Counterfeit Drugs and Immigration Reform

»7/6/06 Summer Gardening and Denny Laine
We look at the situation at Atlantic City, as casinos remain shut down for a second day. Then, our desert gardening experts advise how best to survive the Mohave Summer.

»7/7/06 Political Roundtable and Beyond Academe
Host Erin Neff talks with leading political analysts about the upcoming Nevada Primaries.

»7/10/06 Monday Topics and Sin City Summer
We consider tips to save on your Energy Bills--then talk to the Review-Journal about their decision to show the corpse in their cover story of a Weekend Police Shooting. And how permanent a feature of American life is stress? Dave Berns hosts.

»7/11/06 Tuesday Topics and Immigrant Advocate Vicenta Montoya
We examine the recent rise in officer-related shootings; top editors examine business trends; and a prominent FLDS member has been found guilty of two sex-crime offenses.

»7/12/06 Immigrants Speak and Language and Politicians
What does it take to leave the land of of your birth and become an American? We meet a range of local US citizens who were born in other countries.

»7/13/06 Utah Bloggers and Yucca Analysis
We meet several Utah Webloggers and hear how their online opinions may change the social and political landscape. And rumors are swirling that Google may one day be competing with Cox Cable and Earthlink: what's the evidence for a Google ISP? Plus, as smoke from Californian fires settles across our region, could there be a link between increased wildfires and climate change?

»7/14/06 Academics Speak and Sue Wagner
A series of interviews with academics in the news: a BYU Philosopher sacked for criticizing the LDS Church; a UNR Economist who joined with over 500 colleagues to lobby Congress--and the President--on the Immigration Debate; and, as new University Presidents settle in at the Las Vegas and Reno campuses, a prominent faculty member on what's involved in Remaking a University. This hour first aired Friday, July 7, 2006

»7/17/06 Nevada Power and Rita Rudner
The polls close for the Nevada Governor’s primary campaign on August 15th—but, in a state run heavily by County Commissions and local governments, how much power does a Governor really have?

»7/18/06 Rural Realities and State of the World
Does expensive Bottle Service in our nightclubs carry hidden costs for the whole community--and economy? Then: many urban and suburbanites, particularly in the Las Vegas Valley, experience little of life outside of the city. So what is Life in Rural Areas really like?

»7/19/06 New County Manager and Utah Shakespearian Festival
We meet the new Clark County manager, Virginia Valentine, whose appointment has just been announced. Then we'll talk about social mobility in Las Vegas and a BLM proposal to place wild horses and burros in boarding facilities.

»7/20/06 Fine Dining and Louie Anderson
Today, one of KNPR's periodic nibbles of our ever-evolving culinary scene. Flo Rogers hosts.

»7/21/06 Property Tax and Phantoms of the Casino
Property Tax Bills arrived in the mail this week and homeowners were once again reminded of how much less they owed thanks to the Legislature’s cap in 2005. Then a federal study ranks Nevada dead last in the nation for Volunteerism. In first place: Utah. Erin Neff hosts.

»7/24/06 Homeless in Vegas and Rwandan Ambassador
We speak with a City Councilman about the controversial ordinance, unanimously supported by the City Council, to ban the sharing of food with homeless people. And we meet local residents recently returned from Israel and the Lebanon.

»7/25/06 Citizenship and Education and Poker and Prose
Are Air Marshals overdramatizing incidents to meet report quotas? Then, should productive citizenship--including an understanding of the Law and Constitution--be an essential outcome of education for children and young people? And what role should the school or university have in citizen formation? And we examine the developing Middle East situation.

»7/26/06 Ethnic Makeup and Comedian Lewis Black
The Democratic Party is expected to hold a presidential caucus in Nevada in early 2008. One reason: the region’s shifting ethnic makeup. We take a look at the changing face of Southern Nevada. And NPR Technology Correspondant, Mario Armstrong, gives us a plain-English description of network neutrality and how changes might affect all Internet users.

»7/27/06 Road Rage and John Dean
A roundtable exchange with E-mail and phone call input from you, the listener. Mike Squires hosts.

»7/28/06 Friday Topics and Tom Gallagher
It's all over but the votin': primary election starts tomorrow. We’ll talk about the pros and cons of Early Voting. Then we find out what an early Democratic presidential caucus and the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights might mean here in Nevada. Erin Neff hosts.

»7/31/06 Children's Psychiatric Services and Lorraine Hunt [R]
There are between 100 and 200 beds for young psychiatric patients in Southern Nevada, a region whose population is fast approaching two million: what happens to children in need of help? We hear two parents' stories and ideas from the founding President of Nevada Children's Center on how we might remedy our failing system. This first aired 4/25/06