Rundown of show order and description of stories for August 7, 2004

Intro/Newscast/Credits

 

1)      Intro to Prisons show. Rdr/Spitzer

2)      Whittier Prison - Alaska now has many more prisoners than it has beds. One solution to the overcrowding may be to build a private prison in Whittier. Pkg/Lockyer/4:20

3)      Alaska Correctional Industries - nside the steel-reinforced walls of Alaska’s prisons, what’s probably the largest manufacturing outfit in the state hums away. Pkg/Spitzer/5:50

 

Break #1 Music: Beastie Boys – Namaste

 

1)      Bethel Court - A little grant program is trying to keep prison beds from filling up in the first place. Pkg/ Denning-Barnes/5:18

2)      Kotz Jail – The Kotzebue jail shut down after a contract spat between the city and the state. Now nobody’s happy. Pkg/Spitzer/7:45

3)      Music Button: Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues

4)      Alper – Rabbi Bob Alper calls himself “the world's only practicing clergyman doing standup comedy ... intentionally.” 2-way/Spitzer/4:29

5)      Calendar of events (Music: Del McCoury – Quicksong Rendezvous)

 

Break #2 Music: Del McCoury continued

 

6)      Prison Requests -- For the last 25 years, late night public radio listeners have been able to catch "Soul to Soul" on Saturday nights. Some of their biggest fans are the subject of today's show. Pkg/Cochran/3:30

7)      300 Villages – This week we visit Emmonak and Allakaket. Pkg/Spitzer/3:00

8)      Josh Fryfogle – Mississippi-born musician Josh Fryfogle’s first CD release is creating a buzz on local radio stations. Pkg/Lockyer/4:30

9)      NOAA Cruise Log – Another dispatch from science reporter Sonya Senkowski, aboard a floating laboratory off the Aleutians. Pkg/Senkowski/5:32

 

Close/Credits. (Music: Dizzy Gillespie – Desafinado)