March 12, 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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Rising Housing Prices Impact on Economy
We review the findings, released Friday, of the Fleet Bank/RIPEC report analyzing the economic impact of rising housing costs with Gary Sasse, ececutive director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.

Culture Shock
Iranian Author Shahrnush Parsipur talks about her experiences as a women writer in Iran. Her story of censorship and imprisonment are part of a conference of women writers from Islamic cultures at Brown University.

Apeiron Institute
The Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living is celebrating it's 10th anniversary this weekend. We talk with founder and director Brad Hyson.

Political Roundtable
Host Deborah Becker with Providence Journal political writer Scott MacKay and Columnist M. Charles Bakst.

Songwriter's Circle
On the 2nd Sunday of every month songwriters gather at AS220 in Providence to present songs written on a specific theme. WRNI producer was there last month when the theme was 'Love or Something Like it'. This Sunday the theme will be 'Mirror Image'.

Irish Story and Song
Members from the group "Celebrating Ireland in Story & Song, a Storytelling & Music Troupe" join us in our studio for a session of tales and tunes.

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