PLANET ERSTWILD (Fri 2pm-5pm CST) host James Moore offers yet another program highlighting a coterie of lit souls. Rebroadcast Monday, March 8 at 1am.

Choreographer/dancer/writer Emma Rainey talks about her nouveau cabaret dance performance evening coming up Fri & Sat March 12 & 13 at 8pm in celebration of spring at the new Cafe Paradiso. Called Cirque D'Amour, it features diva chanteuse Adrien Daller & others recreating Paris and more.

John Buckman is the founder of Berkeley, California-based recording label Magnatune, a pioneer in digital downloading, application of Creative Commons copyrights, and artist-friendly business practices, sometimes referred to as "fair trade music."

An accomplished software programmer, Buckman is thought to be the first to use the term open music, an expression derived from the open source software community, in which he has been active. It refers to music that is shareable, available in "source code" form (individual tracks), permits certain forms of derivative works (i.e. remixes), and is made available at no cost for non-commercial use. Since founding Magnatune, Buckman has signed more than 250 recording artists across multiple genres. Buckman also chairs the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization, and has been profiled by Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and The Economist.[wikipedia]

Kay Hazen talks about her experiences as a member of Women for Women, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that works in war-torn areas. She is helping organize a peace rally on Sunday, March 7 at 1pm at the Hwy 1 bridge near MUM campus in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of International Women's Day.

The USDA is considering lifting a ban on Monsanto's Roundup Ready genetically-modified alflalfa following a 2-year environmental impact study, brought about by a lawsuit from the Center for Food Safety. USDA spokesman Mike Pina talks from Washington DC about where the process is at and how soon a decision might come down.

Trance composer and performer David LaVera is live in the studio sharing his musical insights and several compositions. Joining him is DJ Reevo, aka, Donnie Revolinski, producer of Symphonik 2010, a live dance night, Saturday March 6 from 6pm-12:30am at the FACC Expo Hall.