We talk with film reviewers about this summer's films and new ones coming up in the fall. We'll discuss movies we have seen, those we should see and those we should avoid like the plague.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• David Thomson, film critic, regular contributor to The Guardian, The New York Times and Salon and author of "The Biographical Dictionary of Film"
• Sura Wood, freelance journalist, film critic and contributor to the Hollywood Reporter and San Francisco Arts Monthly

Hospital officials are scrambling to contact the parents of almost 1,000 babies who may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a Kaiser maternity ward in San Francisco. We take a look at efforts to reduce hospital acquired infections including MRSA.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• Betsy McCaughey, founder and chair of the Committee to Reduce Infectious Deaths and former lieutenant governor of New York State
• Dr. Masae Kawamura, director of TB control at the San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Elaine Alquist, California state senator representing San Jose and Silicon Valley and sponsor of a bill mandating that California hospitals report infectious diseases

This Labor Day weekend San Francisco will host Slow Food Nation -- a four day gathering to promote sustainable and healthy food. We talk with organizers and experts in the slow food movement, exploring the connection between our plates and the planet.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food Nation
• Dr. Vandana Shiva, author of "Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature" and founder and director of Navdanya, an organization supporting conservation, renewal and rejuvenation of biodiversity
• Eric Schlosser, award-winning journalist, author of "Fast Food Nation" and a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly
• Michael Pollan, professor of journalism at UC Berkeley and author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto"

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Gunmen opened fire on a top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan yesterday. The brazen attack came just hours after the country's ruling coalition collapsed and a week after President Pervez Musharraf resigned under heavy pressure. We discuss the turmoil in Pakistan and the prospects for new leadership.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• Javed Ellahie, attorney with Ellahie and Farooqi Attorneys
• Najam Sethi, editor for The Daily Times, English language newspaper in Pakistan
• Neil Joeck, research associate at the UC Berkeley Center of South Asian Studies
• Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Traditional libraries have been caught between declining budgets and the explosive growth of online research. We talk with experts in the field about how the institutions are evolving to meet the changing needs of patrons.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
• Al Escoffier, city librarian for the Burlingame Public Library
• Jane Light, director of the San Jose Library
• Jim Rettig, president of the American Library Association
• Martin Gomez, president of the Urban Libraries Council

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