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The Big Broadcast: January 8, 2012

January 8, 2012
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  • 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
    03/19/61 #732 The Informer Matter (Multi-Sponsored) (CBS) (20:58)
  • 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
    12/29/48 #031 The Roseland Roof Murder (NBC) (26:24)
  • 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
    04/04/53 #050 Jayhawkers (Sus.) (CBS) (29:38)
  • 08:30 p.m. Our Miss Brooks
    01/16/49 Student Government Day (Colgate) (CBS) (29:30)
  • 09:00 p.m. Nighbeat
    03/13/50 My Brother's Keeper (Sus.) (NBC) (29:28)
  • 09:30 p.m. Phillip Marlowe
    02/07/50 #70 The Long Arm (Sus.) (CBS) (29:28)
  • 10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
    11/25/40 #283 Jezebel w/Loretta Young, Brian Donlevy (Lux) (CBS) ( 59:50)

Arts & Culture

NPR

Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'

Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.

Food

NPR

'Picture Cook': Drawings Are The Key Ingredients In These Recipes

Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.

Politics

WAMU 88.5

Ken Cuccinelli Wins GOP Nomination For Virginia Governor

Virginia's attorney general Ken Cuccinelli will face former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe in November to become Virginia's 72nd governor.

Technology

NPR

Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes

Also: AARP and The Nation join a growing list of ebook publishers; Hilary Mantel on Jane Austen; Anne Applebaum on Sheryl Sandberg.

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