SUNDAY, JULY 3
CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSICALS
Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof,,,,these and ten other great musicals are featured as we listen to (and discuss) exemplars of this distinctive American form of theatrical art.


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MONDAY, JULY 4
JULY 4th WITH DAVID McCULLOUGH
Our Independence Day offering is two interviews with the great American historian, David McCullough. First, we discuss his new book about Americans in 19th century Paris. Following that, we present a re-play of our earlier discussion of his book about the waging of the Revolutionary War in the year 1776.

TUESDAY, JULY 5
SENSATIONALIZED MURDERERS OF THE MIDWEST
Two major students and reporters of crime join us tonight: The redoubtable John (Bulldog) Drummond and Rich Lindberg whose newest book is "Heartland Serial Killers." We will talk of many murders and, inevitably, of today's verdict in the Casey Anthony trial.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
THINK COSMICALLY, ACT GLOBALLY
If humans agreed on a shared creation story using the ideas of modern cosmology and biology, would it alter our relationship with the Earth for the better? Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel R. Primack believe so, as stated in their book, THE NEW UNIVERSE AND THE HUMAN FUTURE: How a Shared Cosmology Could Tranform the World. The join us to explain this newfound knowledge and how it might help us solve some of our planet's seemingly most incurable problems.

THRUSDAY, JULY 7
THE NEWEST SCAMS AND CON GAMES
The bait-and-switch is one of the oldest scams in the book. But what are some newer tricks con artists use to try and rip you off? Our old friend Detective Bruce Walstad trains the public and law enforcement officials on what to look for in tricksters. And tonight he teaches us how to avoid being defrauded by today's swindlers.

SUNDAY, JULY 10
THE COMMINGLING OF CHURCH AND STATE
The separation of church and state was one of the tenets this country was founded on. But today, America is viewed as a Christian nation, much like many Middle Eastern countries are seen as Muslim. When religion and a country's politics do mix, the partnership can have very negative consequences for that nation's own citizens and other countries who don't share in those beliefs. Our guest, Charles Kimball discusses these concepts in WHEN RELIGION BECOMES LETHAL.

MONDAY, JULY 11