“The only thing wrong with music is that you can’t eat it”. So writes journalist and author STEVE ALMOND in his hilarious new book ROCK AND ROLL WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. In this new book, Steve looks at the life of what he labels the “Drooling Fan”. This is the kind of rock fanatic who owns far too many CDs than is healthy; the kind of person who shouts out the names of band members at a concert; the type of person who makes mixed music CDs as a form of foreplay.

The New Rules Project, a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, started in 1998 and continues to bring fresh, new policy solutions to communities and states to ensure that they are "designing rules as if community matters". The New Rules Projects features a number of policy areas and several key programs and initiatives, including: The Hometown Advantage, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative, Biofuels and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Climate Neutral Bonding.

Inquiry welcomes noted novelist and writer CHUCK PALAHNIUK, author of such books as Fight Club and Choke. Tonight Chuck talks about his latest, TELL ALL, a surreal investigation into the politics and insanity of Hollywood, fame, and name dropping as a raison d’être. Tune in and find out how Lillian Hellman single-handedly saves Western Civilization and how Chuck channels Walter Winchell.