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»2/1/07 The Topics of the Day and Guest of the Day
A roundtable exchange with E-mail and phone call input from you, the listener. DaveBerns hosts.

»2/1/07 Affordable Housing and Nevada's Prisons
Our new governor joins us to elaborate his Affordable Housing proposal, a theme taken up by our expert panel.

»2/2/07 Human Trafficking and Presidential Hopeful
As many as 20,000 people are brought into the United States each year in some form of bondage, according to some estimates. How many end up in Las Vegas isn’t known. But federal officials believe Southern Nevada is a top destination for human trafficking. Mike Squires hosts.

»2/5/07 Climate Change and NV Legislature: Week One
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered a sobering report last week: one finding is that the US Southwest is at particular risk. Dave Berns hosts.

»2/6/07 Empowerment Education and Gordie Brown
Education is among the priorities for the 74th Nevada State Legislature: we talk to principals of schools in a pilot program at the centre of educational debate state-wide. Then Democratic Presidential candidates may be thinking twice before committing their time to a state far from the traditionally decisive states in the East.

»2/7/07 Remedial Education and Alpha and Omega
We look at the number of Clark County students needing remedial education to get into college--and a CCSN pilot program that offers remedial and college-level courses on high school campuses.

»2/8/07 Face it: You Live Here! and Sandy Duncan
Five minutes after their feet have touched the ground, new residents of New York seem proud to call themselves New Yorkers but it seems decades can pass without some Las Vegans actually giving a straight answer about where they're 'from'.

»2/9/07 Marketing NV to Businesses and Fighting Terror
How can we make companies want to relocate to Southern Nevada? Planning officials are looking at ways to diversify the region’s economy and lure high tech, high paying jobs. Plus the Valley Hospitals' nursing dispute has been resolved: we speak with key players. Mike Squires hosts.

»2/12/07 Ready to Work and Nevada Security
The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently conducted a poll of area business leaders finding a lack of basic skills from the younger end of the Las Vegas workforce.

»2/13/07 Border Patrol and Vegas Hip Hop
The US Attorney General has come in for sharp criticism from even traditional Republican politicians for his mid-term firing of seven US Attorneys in districts across the country, including Daniel Bogden in Nevada. Is the authority of federal prosecutors being threatened by White House politicking? Then what is the duty of federal government in patrolling our southern border? Should citizens have an armed role? Our panel includes the founder of the Minutemen, Jim Gilchrist. Plus we hear about an MGM Mirage plan to develop masterplanned communities on land south of Las Vegas formerly occupied by casinos.

»2/14/07 Election 2008: Sen John Edwards and Valentine's Day
Join us to hear Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards. Then Senator Harry Reid [D-NV] takes questions on Iraq, Iran, Public Ethics, Immigration--and why he cannot stand the President's speeches

»2/15/07 Water Pressure and Empowerment Schools
A retired UNLV professor argues that Southern Nevada should ease up the pressure on its neighbors' water resources. And we talk with a Nevada Legislator participating in a Carson City Sleep-Out in support of the homeless.

»2/16/07 Bad Honeymoon and Peter Rubardt
Not yet two months into his administration, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons is facing allegations of corruption and incompetence: will they undermine his legislative proposals? Plus we look at the business of the NBA All Star Game and tak to activists organizing a 'sleep out' in support of Nevada's homeless. Mike Squires hosts.

»2/19/07 Election 2008: Edwards, Vilsack, Thompson and Reclaiming Jesus
We meet three men who hope to be voted President in 2008: John Edwards, Tom Vilsak, and Tommy Thompson. Dave Berns hosts.

»2/20/07 Tent City and Election 2008: Sen Joe Biden and Military Budget
We review the All Star Weekend: quite a show--but will it ever come back? Then we talk to Senator Joe Biden about his Presidential aspirations. Plus we check in with Regional Editors in Utah and Arizona--and hear from protestors at a Tent City raised in Carson City to raise awareness of Nevadan homelessness.

»2/21/07 Children in Clark Co and Tax Dodgers on the Net
We examine the status of vulnerable children in Clark County.

»2/22/07 Democratic Candidates and Loved Ones in Prison
An array of leading Democratic hopefuls participated in a union-sponsored forum yesterday in Carson City. Dave Berns hosts.

»2/23/07 Divine Struck and Freedom Watch
The Divine Strake Bomb Test has been cancelled: why? Plus Nevada Legislators are looking at the funding of treatment for and research about gambling addicts. Then, we mark the passing of a legend of the early Las Vegas lounge scene.

»2/26/07 Election 2008: Sen Chris Dodd and Secret Recipies
We discuss politics, perceptions, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with a Utah Political Scientist--and the founder of MormonsAgainstRomney.org Then Presidential Hopeful Senator Chris Dodd joins us--and we catch up on the 2007 Nevada Legislature

»2/27/07 Face It, You Live Here! and David Hasselhoff
Five minutes after their feet have touched the ground, new residents of New York seem proud to call themselves New Yorkers but it seems decades can pass without some Las Vegans actually giving a straight answer about where they're 'from'. This program first aired February 8th, 2007

»2/28/07 Vegas Hip Hop and Nevada Dems Chief
We meet three movers and rappers from a Las Vegas scene that is leading some commentators to hail a Rap Renaissance in a city that used to be seen as a backdrop for the antics of visiting performers. Originally aired February 13th, 2007