Americana: 23 Jan 11: US public broadcasting

Americana talks to Congressman Doug Lamborn and to Vivian Schiller,
the President and CEO of National Public Radio, to learn more about
how radio is financed (without the help of a national Licence Fee).
Arlen Specter, the long-serving former Senator from Pennsylvania
was a Republican for 44 years before switching to the Democratic
Party. He shares stories of some of the earliest political lessons
he learned from his father. Biographer, Karen Abbott, explains how
Gypsy Rose Lee revealed not just an ungloved hand, but some truths
about her era, the nation and its insecurities.