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Thursday April 12, 2007

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10:00Don Imus

Broadcaster Don Imus continues to ask his audience and sponsors for forgiveness following his on-air racially disparaging remark regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team. Different perspectives on offensive language and free speech.

Guests

Clarence Page, syndicated columnist, "Chicago Tribune"

Michael Meyers, executive director, New York Civil Rights Coalition

Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post radio reporter

11:00Deborah Rodriguez: "Kabul Beauty School" (Random House)

An American-born hairdresser describes how she went behind the veil to open the first modern hair salon and beauty academy in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban.

Guests

Deborah Rodriguez, hairdresser and founder of the Kabul Beauty School.

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