![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Health Care for the Poor / Framing Political Messages
A recent study finds that cuts in state funding are making it more difficult for counties in California to provide public health services and preventive care. But while tighter budgets on the local level are taking their toll on some service areas, other areas seem to be unaffected - and in some counties, some services have actually increased. Experts join host Jeffrey Callison to talk about health care for the poor in California...
Keywords: health care; framing political messages; KXJZ; sacramento public radio
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| Healthy eating / Suicide prevention / Fall TV
Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed a bill that would help bring healthy foods to stores in low-income areas. Today on Insight, Assemblyman Mark Leno tells you why he authored the bill. This is Suicide Prevention Week and you’ll hear from people on the frontlines of suicide prevention in Sacramento. David Bianculli, TV critic for the New York Daily News and regular contributor to Fresh Air, tells you about his life as a television critic, the sad state of broadcast TV this summer, and the ...
Keywords: healthy eating; low income food; Mark Leno; suicide prevention; David Bianculli; Fall TV; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio
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| Heat Signature/ Chimp gene/ Cell phone attacks/ Sour grapes
Author Lisa Teasley’s latest book, "Heat Signature," is billed as a love poem to California. Today on Insight, the author tells you why. A local researcher tells you about a brain gene that shows a dramatic difference from chimp to human. A local professor and his students have discovered that malicious junk messages could leave your cell phone with a dead battery. Learn how you can protect yourself...
Keywords: Lisa Teasley; Heat Signature; chimp brain gene; junk messages; cell phone; zinfandel; official wine of California; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio
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| Heat wave crops / Pacific Time departure / Bluesman live!
Experts tell you how local ranchers and growers can recover from the recent historic heat wave. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and other state and federal agencies will hold an Agricultural Disaster Recovery Town Hall Meeting in Modesto to inform ranchers and growers about assistance that may be available to them: 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, 3800 Cornucopia Way, Harvest Hall, Modesto...
Keywords: heat wave; agriculture; Pacific Time; Nguyen Qui Duc; Bill Morrissey; Insight; KXJZ; Sacramento public radio
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| Homecoming / Poet Laureate
Many U.S. troops returning home from duty overseas find themselves in physical, emotional and financial stress and their professional lives in disarray. Next time on Insight experts tell you what can and should be done to ensure service to our country doesn't take an undue toll. Conversation with California Poet Laureate Al Young.
Keywords: Returning U.S. troops; Laureate al Young; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Homeward Bound / Don't Quit Your Day Job / Grape Debate
You'll hear Doug Burnett, president of the Orangevale Racing Pigeon Club, release a dozen or so homing pigeons from the KXJZ courtyard. Later in the show we'll check in with his wife by phone to see if the pigeons found their way home safely, and on time! How do they do it? You'll find out today. Jacob Slichter, drummer from the platinum-selling trio Semisonic and author of the best-selling music industry confidential "So You Wanna Be a Rock And Roll Star", spills the beans on what it's really l...
Keywords: Orangevale Racing Pigeon Club; Jacob Slichter; California state wine; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| How Carpool Lanes Impact our Environment and Community
HOV lanes benefit carpoolers and save gas, but at what cost? Today on Insight: as plans mount to extend carpool lanes in our area, opponents have raised their voices. Host Jeffrey Callison speaks with experts about the impact HOV lanes have on our environment and community.
Keywords: Carpool; gas; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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| Human rights at Guantanamo / Inspired essay
Today on Insight you'll hear prominent experts, including "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman, discuss the role of human rights in the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo. Other guests include former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain James Yee; Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights; and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of History Alfred McCoy. Amy Goodman moderates "A Conversation about Guantanamo" with our guests at 7:00 p.m...
Keywords: Human rights at Guantanamo; Martin Luther King; KXJZ; Sacramento Public Radio
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