As the Democratic National Convention winds down in Denver and the Republican Party ramps up for its own convention in the Twin Cities, we step back and assess the impact of the conventions and what party leaders hope to accomplish.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
• Bill Whalen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, former speechwriter for Governor Pete Wilson and political consultant to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Campbell and Richard Riordan
• Chris LeHane, Vice President Al Gore's press secretary throughout the 2000 campaign and a democratic consultant who spent six years in the Clinton White House
• Scott Shafer, reporter and host of KQED's "The California Report"

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

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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
• Dr. Stephen Parodi, chair of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente
• Elaine Alquist, California state senator representing San Jose and Silicon Valley and sponsor of a bill mandating that California hospitals report infectious diseases

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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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