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Devon Herrick: Price Transparency for Plastic Surgery HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech talks to Devon Herrick of the NCPA about plastic surgery and price transparency in health care.	Steve Goreham: The Media and Global Warming ECN PODCAST: Climate science author Steve Goreham explains the media misinforms the public on global warming.
Lisa Grover: How to Grow the Charter School Movement SRN PODCAST: As charter schools expand rapidly around the country, several states are still charter holdouts. One notable such holdout is Kentucky. Lisa Grover, senior director of state advocacy at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools joins the podcast to talk about getting charter schools into Kentucky and the other charter-less states. She explains why, despite widespread bipartisan support for charter schools, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in some states still oppose them. And she discusses why charter school supporters don't just want any old charter school law to pass.	Ben VanMetre: Little Reality Behind Governor's Rhetoric BTN PODCAST: In this 'best of edition' Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has delivered his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. With budgets like these, it's easy to understand why Illinois has the nation's worst unfunded pension liability, backlog of unpaid bills, and credit rating. Ben VanMetre of the Illinois Policy Institute explains.
James Pinkerton: RATE Coalition BTN PODCAST: James Pinkerton, contributor to the Fox News Channel and a regular panelist on the Fox "News Watch" show, discusses the RATE Coalition.	Joy Pullmann: The Common Core Standards SRN PODCAST: Common Core state standards for K through 12 schools were adopted without debate in all states except Alaska, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia. Now educators, parents and policy makers are taking a closer look at what they agreed to, and many don't like what they see. This episode features Joy Pullmann taking about the latest developments of the Common Core controversy.