This week on HearSay, September 18 - 21, 2006

Monday, September 18
FROM THE HEADLINES: Allen Webb Debate
It's considered a pivotal race in the upcoming midterm elections.  Incumbent Republican Senator George Allen faces Democratic Candidate Jim Webb for Virginia's Senate Seat.  They faced off on national television.  We'll get your reaction to the "Meet The Press" debate on today's HearSay.

 
Tuesday, September 19
LOSING MY RELIGION
Agnostics, atheists, freethinkers, what is life like for those that don't believe?  And why is discrimination against them on the rise?  We'll examine this complex issue on today's HearSay with Penny Edgell, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and Lauren Floyd, President of the Freethinkers and Atheists of Virginia.  Plus Cathy talks with author Marc Hauser about his new book examining human morality, "MORAL MINDS: HOW NATURE DESIGNED OUR UNIVERSAL SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG."  

 
Wednesday, September 20
GARDENING
Time to think Fall when it comes to lawns and gardens.  Join Cathy and our experts York County Extension Agent Jim Orband and Daily Press Gardening and Home Columnist Kathy Van Mullekom and call in your questions on the HearSay Gardening show.
 
www.yorkcounty.gov/vce/staff/jorband.htm
www.dailypress.com/features/home/garden/

Thursday, September 21
HOW TO PRAY
We'll talk about our approach to prayer in public.  Does sectarian prayer have a place in our military?  With the number of evangelical military chaplains on the rise, there is increased debate over how to conduct prayer.  We'll talk about it on today's HearSay.

AN AMERICAN IN VENICE
Author John Berendt is at it again, weaving a tale of eccentric characters entangled in tragedy with one of the world's most beautiful cities as his backdrop.  Cathy talks with Berendt about his latest novel, "THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS", that took a decade to write.