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Guest host: Marc Fisher
It's the biggest question facing the GOP in Virginia this fall: how do you hold onto power in a state that's become one of the country's most hotly contested battlegrounds? Do you try to rally the conservative base -- or revamp your message to appeal to moderates? We'll look at how those issues were debated at the GOP's annual convention in Richmond over the weekend.
Jim Hyland, Chairman, Fairfax County Republican Committee
Guest host: Marc Fisher
Across the globe, prices for basic food commodities are spiking. And it's presenting unique challenges for families and institutions in our region, especially schools and charities. We explore local trends, and how rising prices are affecting efforts to raise nutritional standards at cafeterias and foodbanks.
Susan Levin, Registered Dietitian, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
George Jones, Executive Director, Bread for the City
Jodi Balis, Associate Agent, Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE), College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland
Kathy Lazor, Director, Division of Food & Nutrition, Montgomery County Public Schools
Guest host: Marc Fisher
Last month, a neighborhood in Arlington was shaken by the news that one man had hundreds of snakes in his house -- some dead, and many alive. The discovery quickly led to county regulations placing a limit on the number of snakes one person can house without needing a permit. But it also led to many questions -- what snakes are native to our area and which aren't? How to tell a poisonous snake from a non-venomous one? And why does everyone say anti-venom rather than the proper term 'anti-venin.' Get answers to all your snake questions.
Bela Demeter, biologist; formerly Head of the Department of Herpetology, Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park
Brian Kristal, educator & entertainer; and Founder Reptile Wonders: The Nature Center on the Go
Bela Demeter, WAMU's Heather Dannenfelser, Brian Kristal, and one of the pythons from Reptile Wonders
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