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»4/3/06 Newspapers in Southern Nevada and Childhood Hunger
What are you looking for when you open your daily paper? What do you find? Dave Berns hosts a roundtable on the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun.

»4/4/06 All Day Kindergarten and Russell Banks
Starting this fall, over a dozen additional high-risk schools across the valley will be offering full-day kindergarten. And we learn about the worldwide City of Asylum project: Las Vegas was the first North American participant.

»4/5/06 Wednesday Topics and Jan Jones
Media Coverage of recent street demonstrations neatly contrasted Spanish- and English-language Media. Then how friendly or hostile an environment is Southern Nevada to entrepeneurs? And Robots are incorporating themselves more and more into our daily lives.

»4/6/06 Polygamy then Healthcare and Managing Clark County
We look at Polygamy on television--and in reality. Then we talk with the founder of Clinic on Wheels about the region’s uninsured, together with representatives of the Citizens Health Care Working Group, actively canvassing public input in crafting recommendations for Congress and the President.

»4/7/06 Party Identities and That's Entertainment!
What does it mean to be a Republican or Democrat these days? Republicans have raised the debt ceiling and abused the party's tradtional tenets of small government. Democrats are still searching to define themselves as anything other than an opposition party. What do our political parties stand for? Will minor parties make any headway this election year?

»4/10/06 Monday Topics and Harvey Fierstein
We discuss Hispanic purchasing power Then: American healthcare is in crisis: if you had the ear of President and Congress, what would you suggest? Our guest explains how our community has been selected to help craft Healthcare Recommendations. Then we look at the upcoming Epicurean Affair.

»4/11/06 Galardi Allegations and Las Vegas Art Museum
Children live in about one-third of the homes busted nationally as Meth Labs: what are the lives of Meth Lab Kids like? What are we doing to help? Then, our favorite bloggers pause to take stock of the latest G-sting Allegations: do we get the politicians we deserve?

»4/12/06 Wednesday Topics and Rep. Shelley Berkley
Residents of Moapa Valley face a challenge if they are to preserve their rural community from becoming another Pahrump. Then we discuss proposed federal changes to laws overseeing Food Labeling. And we analyze Key Business Stories with top local editors.

»4/13/06 Money and Graffiti Art
It's often said that a society gets the leaders it deserves: how about balance sheets? We consider the attitudes and values of borrowing money--at home and in Washington. Then we take your eleventh-hour Tax Questions. And the General Manager of Red Rock Resort talks about the new Summerlin casino.

»4/14/06 G-Sting and Chippendales
The revelations of financial bribes and sexual favors escalate as the G-Sting Trial continues in Federal Court. Channel 3 reporter Darcy Spears and former prosecutor Charles Kelly join us.

»4/17/06 Modern Slavery and Playboy-in-Chief
Are we allowing a Modern Slave Trade to thrive in our nominally illegal sex industry? Then we talk to former US Senator Bob Dole, in Las Vegas for a public lecture at UNLV.

»4/18/06 Taking Stock and Valley Chronicles
Ronald Reagan first asked the question a quarter-century ago and now we're asking it: are you better off today than you were at the outset of the current administration? We hear your thoughts.

»4/19/06 Freedom of Speech and Gambling Q&A
The Community College of Southern Nevada fired a teacher for not signing a Loyalty Oath. We’ll talk with participants in that debate and hear what you think.

»4/20/06 Homeless Veterans and Bebe Neuwirth
Military Veterans are a fixture among our homeless: how can we better help meet the particular needs of our at-risk servicemembers? And how can we stop history repeating itself with a new generation returning?

»4/21/06 Net Fraud HQ? and Wade Simpson
Technology has made life easier both for the average person--and the average crook. Nevada is home to more Internet fraudsters than any other state. Then we'll take a look back at some notable Presidential Visits to our state.

»4/24/06 The New DUI and Dear Mr President
More Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter medications than ever before: we look at the impact of Narcotics on Road Safety.

»4/25/06 Children's Mental Health Needs and Sheriff Bill Young
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.

»4/26/06 Victims and Perpetrators and Jack Carter
How do we better assure the rights of victims' families in Murder Cases? And, with a Death Penalty about to be carried out in Nevada, how can we be sure that the mandated Execution Methods are causing only what the law dicates: loss of life and not additional torment?

»4/27/06 Day Without Immigrants and Lou Emmert
Convicted murderer Daryl Mack was executed yesterday: we speak with a witness to the killing. Then Casinos are facing the prospect of a worker boycott on Monday as Immigrants Protest. And we hear about the upcoming UNLV Spring Dance.

»4/28/06 Road Works and Rev Stephen Smith
The latest on the host of Construction Projects we've been driving through these last few years, including the expansion of US 95 and the Henderson Spaghetti Bowl. We'll also look at the future of light rail, the success of the Deuce buses--and the continued woes of the Monorail.