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»3/15/10 Voices of the Unemployed
Over 187,000 Nevadans are out of work, and the unemployment lines keep getting longer. Some of us have been out of work for months. Some of us are looking at going back to school. Some of us are wrestling with whether or not to leave Nevada to find work elsewhere. On this program, we hear the stories of unemployed people from all walks of life.

Whether you are out of work yourself, or you know someone who is unemployed, we'd like to know how unemployment has affected your life, your friends, your community.

When did you lose your job?
What's your job-search strategy?
How are you and your family staying afloat?
If you're still fortunate to have a job -- what are you doing to help those individuals around you?

Call 258-3552 during our live show or send an email to son@knpr.org.


»3/13/10 Weekend Select
The story of women in the ultimate "Man's World" - working first in the labs and then the Shuttle crew cabins of NASA. Told in the first person, these stories explore the experiences of NASA's first woman engineers and scientists and its first astronauts. It also tells the fascinating story of a group of women pilots who, in the early 1960s, were led to believe that they would be America's first women astronauts and were given the exact same physical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The program is narrated by Eileen Collins, the first woman commander of a Space Shuttle.


»3/12/10 Food Talk and Las Vegas City Budget
Food writers Max Jacobson and John Curtas join us again. They bring us a preview of "Vegas Uncork'd" and find out what it's like keeping an eye on the seventeen (!) restaurants at Aria. Then they go head-to-head in another round of "Eat It or Beat It."

But first, Mayor Oscar Goodman wants to fire every city employee and then rehire them for a shorter work week.

That's just one idea the mayor has floated as a solution the city's $70,000,000 budget deficit if the city's unions dont agree to wage concessions.

And the biannual Neon Reverb Music Festival is taking place this week around downtown Las Vegas. We talk with Las Vegas City Life Arts and Entertainment Editor, Mike Prevatt about the can't miss performances this weekend and the budding indie music scene in Las Vegas.

The Mayor and City Manager Betsy Fretwell will join us to take your phone calls and emails about the city's plan that could see up 146 people lose their jobs.


»3/11/10 Col. Dave Belote, Clark County Coroner and Medical Mafia
He's flown F-16s and other fighter jets. He's run an air force base, a test range and a solar facility. And it turns out he's a 5-time champion on Jeopardy. The commander of Nellis Air Force Base joins us for a look back at his time in Las Vegas and the Air Force's role in the current war.

Then, dead men tell no tales... but their bodies do. Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy steps into our studios to talk about corpses, and how he solves the mysteries of how they died. Tune in, as we find out what goes on in the morgue.

And, it's a real conspiracy. But the main players in the medical mafia case have all pleaded guilty to lesser charges to avoid the conspiracy charges. But who are these men and how did they come to be trying to rig the medical malpractice business in Southern Nevada?


»3/10/10 Ricci Kilgore-Ailes and UNLV Program Cuts
Ricci Kilgore was 19 and aiming for a spot on the Olympic pole vault team, when a car accident crushed that dream. But that didn't stop Ricci. She's now heading to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Paralympics, and she's got a new dream: gold on the ski slopes.

UNLV is facing deep budget cuts as a result of the special legislative session. University officials have identified the 20 most expensive programs at UNLV and seven of those could be eliminated completely. We talk with the deans of two of those departments and a Nevada regent about how deep the cuts will go as well as the process of choosing who gets the axe.


»3/9/10 Unemployment Figures
Last week, Moody's rated Nevada the only state in the country still sinking further into recession.

And on Monday the state reported that unemployment in Clark County remains stuck near 14%.

So, how long will this record unemployment plague the Southern Nevada economy? And will it force some Nevadans to move back home, wherever that might be?

We look at the future of the economy and employment in Southern Nevada


»3/8/10 Gloves Monument and Norma Norman
Artist and designer Paul-Felix Montez of Las Vegas Big Art wants to build the Gloves Monument and World Boxing Museum in Downtown Las Vegas. The centerpiece of his vision is an 84' tall stainless steel and bronze sculpture of two boxing gloves standing fist to fist. We talk with Montez about his vision, how he will build it and how he sees the project as a boon for downtowns Las Vegas.

But first, we talk with NDOT's Civil Rights Officer Norma Norman. She will be charged with overseeing the departments compliance with federal mandates like access for the disables, environmental racism and employment discrimination.