Today PG staff opinionistas Monica Haynes and L A Johnson dissect the news of the day in their own, insightful way (Total time 16:20).

This week, Post-Gazette theater critic Chris Rawson speaks with David Bear and previews the CLO's upcoming production of "Mame" and Little Lake Theater's ambitious "The History Boys." He also talks about the stage scene in the nation's capital and provides some background on recent changes at the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater (Total time 14:30).

Today PG sports columnists Gene Collier and Bob Smizik join sports editor Jerry Micco. They debate merits of the Penguin's strategy for re-signing their top players and how the Pirates will adapt to their designated closer going on the injury shelf for eight weeks as well as how the PGA will cope without Tiger Woods (Total time 14:10).

This week, Patricia speaks with actor Stephen Collins about his most recent role, a Hallmark Channel movie "Every Second Counts" where he plays a broken down rodeo champion (Total time 15:30).

Today Post-Gazette movie critics Barb Vancheri and Barry Paris have three films to review, "Hancock," "Mongol" and "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" (Total time 13:40).

Today, PG food editor Bob Batz Jr., dining critic China Millman and Gretchen McKay get together on the subject of grilling fruit (Total time – 10:10).

In this week's Tuned In Podcast, TV editor Rob Owen is joined by entertainment editor Sharon Eberson and staff writer Anya Sostek to discuss the latest crop of reality TV shows and the prospects of another work stoppage in the entertainment industry (Total time 13:10).

This week Techman Ced Kurtz and systems technology editor Tim Dunham are joined by Deputy Managing Editor Mary Leonard to talk about some of the innovations recently introduced on the Post-Gazette's Web site (Total time – 10:30).

Dennis Roddy's Journal returns this week with a report from the streets of Oakland, where Dennis spent a day following anti-war protesters around the streets, all the time attempting to get an answer to a question nobody can pin down: how can 200 people in the streets 300 miles away from Washington, end a war? Can a hunger strike stop an air strike? And why does that anarchist band sound like an Italian wedding?