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GUESTS WEEK OF MAY 5

Posted by: Gary O'Brien

Sunday, May 4, 2008 9:23 PM

Monday, May 5
2:15 p.m.

-News-Gazette arts and entertainment writer Melissa Merli will discuss the local arts scene.

3:15 p.m.
-Tony Dyson, the man who created R2D2 for the Star Wars films on the future of robotics in our culture as well as "Star Wars."

3:45 p.m.
-METTLER CENTER'S "Health News You Can Use"

4:15 p.m.
-Andy and Jonathan Hillstrand, captains of the boat "Time Bandit," from the #1 rated Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch."

Tuesday, May 6
2:15 p.m.
-Award-winning writer David Sheff who conducted the last interview with John Lennon on his latest bestseller "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction."

3:15 p.m.
-6-time Emmy winner and former veteran CBS news correspondent Bernard Goldberg on his book "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost It's Mind and the Other Lost It's Nerve."

4:15 p.m.
-"Talking Dirt" with Shane Cultra from Country Arbours Nursery. We'll discuss prepping the lawn and garden for spring, plus we'll take listener questions.

Wednesday, May 7
2:15 p.m.
-veterinarian Dr. Al Griffiths answers listener's pet questions.

3:45 p.m.
-legendary 50's DJ Cousin Brucie returns to the show to talk about the early days of rock and roll.

-4:15 p.m.
-Debra Aaronson on her book "Luck: The Essential Guide," which takes a look at everything we need to live a luckier life, including some of the superstitions that are supposed to cause good luck.

Thursday, May 8
-1:55 p.m. St.Louis Cardinals Baseball

Friday, May 9
-2:15 p.m.
-News-Gazette Film Reviewer Richard Leskosky previews the classic film "Lawrence of Arabia," the latest film in the News-Gazette Film Series at the Virginia Theatre.

3:15 p.m.
-Lucinda Frank, the youngest person ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, and the only journalist Hillary Clinton granted an interview regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal. She'll discuss those topics as well as her book "My Father's Secret War," which is about her father's Holocaust experience.

-4:15 p.m.
-re-airing of Stevie Jay's Friday morning conversation with the hall-of-famer Mike Ditka.