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Wednesday September 10, 2003

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12:06Kojo in Your Community - Public Safety in DC

Kojo travels to the Capitol Hill neighborhood to look at D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey’s recent declaration of a “crime emergency.” Is it just another crime spike, or is this crisis here to stay?

13:06Continuity of Government

A look at how our government would operate in the event of a large-scale catastrophe.

Guests

John Fortier, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Brian Baird, U.S. Representative, Washington (D)

13:32Alexander McCall Smith

Meet the Scottish professor who's written a best-selling fiction series about a female detective in Botswana.

Guests

Alexander McCall Smith, Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh; Vice-Chairman of the British Human Genetics Commission; and author of "The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Pub: Pantheon)

13:42Logic Puzzles & Job Skills

And why mind-bending puzzles are showing up in job interviews.

Guests

William Poundstone, author of "How Would You Move Mount Fuji: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle" (Pub: Little Brown)

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