![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | CA Recall Election Anniversary / Jack Lynn
It's been two years since the recall election. Today host Jeffrey Callison is joined by KQED's Sacramento Bureau Chief John Meyers, Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Weintraub, and KCRA anchor and reporter Kevin Riggs, for a roundtable discussion on the highs and lows of Governor Schwarzenegger's term in office. Also, from the Insight archives: Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante reflects on the recall election...
Keywords: California Recall election; Schwarzenegger; Jack Lynn; KXJZ; Sacramento public radio
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| California Governor's Mansion
California Governor's Mansion Will there ever be a new California Governor's mansion? Key players join guest host Mike Montgomery to tell us where we stand and what it will take. Become a Writer! Have you ever thought about becoming a food or travel writer? Dianne Jacob, author of Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction, and More, is our guest...
Keywords: California Governor's Mansion; Become a Writer!; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio
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| California prison crisis / Eyesight drug quandary
Two recent reports have criticized California's prison system. Today we continue our prison series with experts who tell you what the governor and the legislature plan to do to fix things. Also, a cancer drug made by South San Francisco-based Genentech, Inc. is being used to prevent blindness. Find out why Genentech is not supporting clinical trials.
Keywords: Prison crisis; Genenteck, cancer drugs; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio
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| California's Conservatorship System / Acting Sick
California appoints guardians, known as conservators, for those who can't manage their personal affairs. Critics say unscrupulous conservators can mismanage assets, or even steal from their wards. Experts tell you what can and should be done. A local program provides pretend patients for doctors in training. Today you'll hear from an instructor, actor, and student in the UC Davis Simulated Patient Program.
Keywords: California's Conservatorship System; UC Davis Patient Program; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Celebrating camp / "This is these guy's gig" / Legal aid
Yikes! A festival dedicated to b-movies is coming to Sacramento. Find out what you can expect to see from the producer and hosts of this year's Trash Film Orgy. We'll have sound clips from some of the worst! "This is these guy's gig" Allen Ginsberg once said these words to a camera-wielding man hoping to join a photo session with Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Michael McClure in what is now San Francisco's Jack Kerouac Alley...
Keywords: Trash Film Orgy; jack Kerouac Alley; Legal Aid; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Christopher O'Riley / Former Botswana President
Pianist Christopher O'Riley, host of public radio's From the Top, joins Jeffrey to talk about his own transcriptions of the rock band Radiohead. This segment of Insight originally aired September 21, 2005. Former Botswana President Ketumile Masire joins host Jeffrey Callison to speak about Africa's social, economic and political development, and his country's problem with HIV and AIDS. President Masire rose from the common ranks to co-found the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962...
Keywords: Christopher O'Riley; Former Botswana President; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Civic Education in Schools
A new bill urges the State Board of Education and local school boards to increase emphasis on civic education in California's public schools. Host Jeffrey Callison speaks with experts about the role of civic education in our schools and the bill that proposes to legislate it.
Keywords: Civic Education in Schools; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Clean energy in California
Prices at the pump are close to all time highs and gasoline emissions are harmful to the environment. Is it time to invest more in renewable bio-fuels? Today experts tell you about the latest efforts in our region to produce clean energy and if clean energy could be a booming business sector of California's economy.
Keywords: gasoline emissions and prices; KXJZ; Sacraemtno Public adio
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| Clearing California's Coal Shadow / Black History
Does California have the right to impose clean-air standards on coal plants in other states? Some policymakers want to do just that. Jeffrey Callison speaks with experts from government and industry. Jeffrey speaks with Dr. Rudy Pearson, a history professor at American River College, about black history in northern California, from the Gold Rush to today.
Keywords: Clearing California's Coal Shadow; Black History; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Cleft Lip Repair / Cliches / School Enrollment
Jeffrey speaks with Dr. Frederick Pratt of Davis, a local plastic surgeon who travels the world fixing cleft lips. If you just fell off the turnip truck, don't worry, Sacramento State professor of linguistics and ethnic studies, Alexandre Kimenyi, comes to the defense of cliches. Modesto's population continues to grow, but school enrollment is down. Jeffrey speaks with Don Gatti, Stanislaus County's Assistant Superintendent for Business, to find out why.
Keywords: cleft lip repair; Frederick Pratt; cliches; Alexandre Kimenyi; Modesto schools; Don Gatti; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio; Capital Public Radio
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| Comic Marilyn Pittman / Soaring Sacramento Divorce Rate
On the eve of the Pride festival in San Francisco, comic Marilyn Pittman speaks with host Jeffrey Callison about the state of gay comedy. The Sacramento County divorce rate is an astonishing 78%, nearly 30% above the national average. Jeffrey speaks with experts about why so many Sacramento marriages end in divorce.
Keywords: Marilyn Pittman; gay comedy; divorce rate; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Controversy Over CPB's Role / CA Immigrant Children
The chair for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting thinks public TV and radio have a liberal bias. Is he right? And if so, is he right to try and change it? A panel of experts join host Jeffrey Callison to answer the question. A new report by the Public Policy Institute of California finds more than 40% of California's youth are the children of immigrants. The report's co-author, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, discusses the findings with Jeffrey.
Keywords: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; immigration; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Covering your digital tracks / Bill Maher
With the growing popularity of search engines and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, there's more and more information about us on the Internet. Is that a good thing? Today on Insight you'll hear from experts about the possible problems of having too much personal information online and what you can do to protect your privacy. The comedian and host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" is coming to Sacramento this weekend...
Keywords: online privacy; personal information online; Bill Maher; KXJZ; Sacramento public radio
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