Sam Brownback Audio & Video

[description] Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Iowa City may have seen the worst of the flooding, but downstream, residents in southern Iowa and Illinois are piling up sandbags to check rising waters. Over a fifth of the corn and soybean crop is either rotting or never got planted, threatening even higher food prices worldwide. We'll speak with O. Kay Henderson, news director for Radio Iowa. American drivers are feeling pain at the pumps....as the price of a gallon of gasoline moves beyond $4.00 a gallon. Some people are opting for public transportation. But not everyone has that as an option. So if you must drive, is there a way to increase your miles per gallon? We talk with Paul Eisenstein, editor at The Car Connection.com. Canada's prime minister has formally and emotionally apologized for placing Canadian Indian children in residential schools all over the country from the 1870s to the 1970s. The children were forcibly removed from their families and these schools were often a magnet f

[description] The buzz is growing around the possibility of Mitt Romney landing on the ticket with GOP presidential contender John McCain, and one of the voices backing such a move is Romney’s predecessor as Bay State governor, Paul Cellucci. Who do you think should be VP

[description] (Alison King, NECN: Bedford, NH) - He used to tout his own credentials as a republican presidential candidate, but these days, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is campaigning for others. Huckabee was in New Hampshire stumping for...

[description] Officials still can't explain how a small fire at a power substation resulted in power outages for up to 3-million people and the temporary shutdown of two nuclear power plants. We talk to Rhonda Victor, senior anchor for WLRN Miami-Herald News. The last installment in our series looking beyond the horse race to the candidates. Our guest is Michael Tomasky, editor of Guardian America. His book on Hillary Clinton's first senate campaign is "Hillary's Turn: Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate Campaign." Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is suing a small publishing house in Michigan to prevent it from printing a book edition of the "Harry Potter Lexicon" a website of all things "Harry" run by former school librarian, Steven Vander Ark. Rowling is claiming a copyright infringement. Vander Ark says the material on the website is original, even if it's based on Rowling's characters. We talk with New York Times business writer, Joe Nocera, about this latest chapter in a long runnin

[description] The Boston Globe columnist talks with Tom about Mitt Romney's decision to give a speech explaining his Mormon faith.

[description] Jim and Margery speak with Republican presidential candidate Joh McCain

[description] Thirteen separate wildfires are burning out of control in California, from north of Santa Barbara all the way to San Diego. The entire town of Ramona in San Diego County has been evacuated and the fires are expected to move into the city of San Diego today. This as winds pick up and firefighters admit that the situation is largely out of control. We talk to a reporter from CBS radio affiliate KNX10.7 FM. In last night's televised debate, Republicans fought over who was the most Republican, while Hillary Clinton continues to take heat from democrats and republicans running for president. Our political roundtable features Kay Henderson, news director for Radio Iowa, and John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and senior contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal. The space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch tomorrow, one of the last remaining missions before NASA winds up the program in 2010. We speak with Pat Duggins, longtime reporter on NASA for NPR an

[description] NPR News: 10-19-2007 7PM ET

[description] More than a hundred are dead in Karachi after yesterday's massive blast during the homecoming of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. We speak with Shahan Mufti of the Christian Science Monitor, who was in Karachi when Ms. Bhutto arrived in Pakistan. The famed novelist is this year's editor for " The Best American Short Stories 2007". We speak to him about the book, the state of the short story, and his thoughts on the art of writing. Thousands of Christian conservatives are gathering in Washington to hear from the 2008 republican presidential candidates, amid talk that none of them has lit a fire under that important voting block. We speak with Connie Mackey, who heads the legislative arm of the Family Research Council. The Boston Red Sox keep their playoff hopes alive, the Colorado Rockies try to keep their momentum going in the midst of a long layoff, Joe Torre says no thanks to Yankee owner George Steinbrenner's five million dollar contract offer and a Major League So

[description] Woohoo! Sox win!  Go Sox!  Wally tells us about his downtown parking experience.  The guys listen to some more home made Townie Tune entries.  Special Comedy Guest, Jimmy Tingle. Your daily dose of Men from Maine.  A Wallyology report about secrets men don't want women to know about.  We talked to Paul Pumphrey, who is a strongman and can do amazing things, but how does he not get hurt? Finally, we'll wrap things up with the Wheel of Meat.  Have a great weekend, Go Sox!!!