Week of April 23 - April 27, 2012

Here's the rundown for this week's guests

Monday 4/23

Hr. 1

FringeFest Rochester is coming; we’ll talk with festival director Erica Fee and Darren Stevenson

Hr. 2

A busy month in the media—we’ll grade its collective performance with the help of media analyst Tom Proietti of MCC and St. John Fisher College

Tuesday 4/24

Hr. 1

Investigative journalist and author Tom Wilber joins us in advance of an evening lecture at the U of R about the issue of drilling for gas through the controversial “fracking” process

Hr. 2

MCC business professor and personal finance expert Joe Marchese answers your personal investment questions

Wednesday 4/25

Hr. 1

We talk with anthropologist Dr. Linda Jacobs, who shows us a side of ancient Persia you’ve never seen; she’ll preview her appearance this evening at the MuCCC

Hr. 2

The merger of music and science; Mark Bocko and David Headlam, appearing in advance of their evening “Science on the Edge” presentation at the Rochester Museum’s Eisenhart Auditorium

Thursday 4/26

Hr. 1

Democrat and Chronicle home repair and remodeling columnist Jerry Ludwig

Hr. 2

MCC professor emeritus of economics Kathy Bromley helps us decipher the mixed signals today’s economy is sending

Friday 4/27

Hr. 1

Jean Carroll of the YWCA and Jennifer Allen of Xerox discuss the Stand Against Racism the community is now asked to take

Hr. 2

The plight of the long-term unemployed in a slowly recovering economy; we talk with advocate for the jobless Kian Frederick of the “99ers” and “flashmobs4jobs.com”, who joins us on the line from New York

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