JANUARY 16, 2004:
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Focus Rhode Island airs on WRNI 3-4p.m. every Friday, Saturday 6-7 p.m., and Sunday 8 - 9 p.m. Audio of the entire show is archived on the web two hours after the end of Friday's broadcast. The archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format.
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New Senate Majority Leader
A conversation with the first woman to take the position in Rhode Island. Senator M. Teresa Paiva-Weed shares her thoughts about how to build public trust in the legislature.

R.I.S.E.
As part of our occasional series on education we report on a program known as RISE,Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education. The program helps to pay for educational opportunities and provides adult mentors for children whose mothers have been incarcerated.

Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership
January is national mentorship month. It was started in 2002 by the Harvard Mentoring Project to recruit more volunteers for the thousands of children who could use another adult in their life. WRNI's Megan Hall went to the Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership to learn more about a local program.

Political Roundtable
Scott MacKay, political writer for the Providence Journal
Maureen Moakley, chairperson of the political science department at the University of Rhode Island.

Girls and Aggression
A conversation with Rachael Simmons, author of "Odd Girl Out" and "Odd Girl Speaks Out". She is meeting with kids in several local schools next week.

Blue Marble Music
Providence based Blue Marble Music is producing music collections with guidebooks on a variety of themes ranging from music history to advice for a good night's sleep.

Dame Edna
WRNI's Bile Gale has a review of the unique satire and off center humor of Australian actor Barry Humphries in the persona of Dame Edna. A Night with Dame Edna - The Show that Cares will be at the Providence Performing Arts Center January 20 through 25.

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