Programs

101 - Question Man (Joey Kola) uses the thesaurus to find synonyms; slam poetd and educator Stephen Colman illustrates synonyms an antonyms using slam poetry; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a coworker figure out the percentage of her pay taken out in taxes; job seekers create a dossier to help with their job hunt; and in "Milestones," Nashville's auto mechanic Dallas Farmer reveals his struggles and triumphs. Also Michael Franti of the Bay Area band Spearhead describes his song writing techniques.

102 - The Dallas Cowboys use football to figure out decimals and percentages, Agent Know How investigates the library and gets a library card, and New Mexico's famed poet Jimmy Santiago Baca tells how he discovered the power of language while he was in prison and also leads a group of El Paso adult learners in a seminar on the power of writing. Question Man asks, "Where do you put the apostrophe?"

103 - Job seekers prepare for filling out applications by creating a personal data sheet; singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow shares thoughts on her writing process and her music, and in "Lifelines," a parent learns how to document her child's illness and treatment by creating a medical bible documenting his medical history.

104 - Kathy Bates reflects on books that have been made into movies; in "Milestones," a woman from Pittsburgh tells her story of learning and reaching her goal of being a travel agent, and TV411's "Book Club" reads Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate; and actor Malik Yoba shares his secrets on how to keep a journal in the "Street Beat" segment.

105 - TV411's "Book Club" reads Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; Agent Know How gets the information he needs from the library, and Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a new father of triplets multiply his shopping list. "Lifelines" teaches how to prepare for doctors' visits.

106 - Question Man shows viewers the right way to take a phone message; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a pair of shoppers get the best deal when buying a TV; New York-based pop/rock band BETTY teaches homonyms; a group of job seekers learn how to craft their resume; and "Milestones" puts the focus on Pat Blackwell of Indiana who explains how going to school later in life enabled her to become a nurse and support her family.

107 - Late Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner introduces champion ice skaters Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner who use their talent to calculate an average; animated segment "Dictionary Cinema" shows you how to look up a word; "Milestones" features New York artist Esperanza Cortez who shares her battle with dyslexia.

108 - Job seekers work on writing noteworthy cover letters; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a shopper deal with diabetes and food labels; and "Dictionary Cinema" shows you how to look up a word that you do not know how to spell.

109 - Agent Know How uses the library's computer to look up a book; a parent tells of the joy of reading to his kids and gives you tips on how to do it well; and TV411's "Book Club" reads Angela's Ashes and meets the book's Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Frank McCourt.

110 - A young couple from Seattle with credit card debt visits a credit counselor to create a budget, learn how to clip coupons, and manage their money; "America's Smartest Moves," hosted by America's Funniest Videos star John Fugelsang looks at the fine print on those "too good to be true" credit card offers; in a commercial parody "Rip Off" looks critically at a television offer; and "Book Club" puts the spotlight on Studs Terkel who reads from hs book Working.

111 - Salsa musician and songwriter Ruben Blades talks about his writing process and shares some of his music, "Milestones" goes to El Paso, where a mother enters the Even Start program and learns that she can bring her family closer together by improving her reading and writing skills; and Question Man (Joey Kola) learns some tips for taking tests.

112 - Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a young man write a card to his girlfriend; parents go through the process of choosing a school for their child; and bluegrass singer and songwriter Hazel Dickens shares her music and her writing tips.

113 - Members of the WNBA's Detroit Shock use basketball to figure out fractions and percentages; in "Lifelines," new immigrants get advice on completing a citizenship application; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a customer fill out a store's credit card application; and "Milestones" features Resonja Willoughby from Oakland, CA, who shows viewers how writing a letter can generate change in your community.

114 - On Lifelines, a son writes an emotional letter to his estranged father; Dictionary Cinema explains how foreign words are listed in the dictionary; Milestones profiles a San Francisco/Bay Area adult learner, Enrique Ramirez, who shares his continuing education with his employer; Street Beat gives tips on highlighting text; and on Sports Smarts, NBA Atlanta Hawks players LaPhonso Ellis and Alan Henderson demonstrate how to figure out time and distance on a map when planning a trip. Plus, a pop quiz about word origins, and Buzzword explains the word "reconcile."

115 - Question Man (Joey Kola) uses the library to find books to help raise his teenage son; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains how to use a glossary when reading a health insurance plan, Street Beat gives a tip on figuring out a tip in a restaurant; on Lifelines, a mother and daughter create a schedule to make sure there's time for homework, chores and activities; on Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca, the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shows a group of adults how to keep a daily journal. Plus, a pop quiz about appliances, and energy consumption, and Buzzword explains the word "stereotype."

116 - Question Man (Joey Kola) visits a rent-to-own store and figures out if it's better to rent or own a washing machine; on Sports Smarts, WNBA Utah Starzz player, Olympia Scott-Richardson, shows how she uses a day planner to manage her time and activities; on Street Beat, "NYPD Blue" Dennis Franz gives a tip on reading the newspaper; Laverne (Liz Torres) helps a customer estimate the cost of a painting job and how to figure out the take home pay; and on Words Behind the Music, singer/songwriter Toshi Reagon writes a song on the spot especially for TV411. Plus, a pop quiz about credit card debt, and Buzzword explains the word "analogy."

117 - Lifelines shows a couple who are eager to buy their first home how to read a mortgage chart; Dictionary Cinema explains how to use a thesaurus, Question Man (Joey Kola) figures out how to understand the graphs and numbers on his utility bill, Street Beat gives a tip on evaluating written information; and Milestones profiles four Long Beach, California students who call themselves "The Freedom Writers," and use pen and paper to fight prejudice and intolerance. Plus, a pop quiz about volunteering, and Buzzword explains the word "anomaly."

118 - Question Man (Joey Kola) learns that you don't need a college education to read a big city newspaper; ABC's Good Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on multiple intelligences on Straight to the Source; Street Beat gives a tip on finding government listings in the phone book; former Olympian and tennis pro, Zina Garrison, explains percentiles and ranking on Sports Smarts; and on Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca, the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor, shows a group of adults how to summarize a poem. Plus, a pop quiz about the US Census, and Buzzword explains the word "dynamics."

119 - ABC's Good Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on different learning styles on Straight to the Source; Milestones profiles a Baltimore, Maryland based steel worker, John Deitsch, and his continuing quest to pass the G.E.D; Street Beat offers a tip on how to summarize almost anything; Laverne (Liz Torres) explains how to understand and use the unit price labels on store shelves; and on Write Now with Jimmy Santiago Baca, the award-winning poet and TV411 contributor shares his own personal learning journey and how he came "into language." Plus, a pop quiz about adults in college, and Buzzword explains the word "marginalized."

120 - Laverne (Liz Torres) shows a customer how to understand probability and odds when it comes to reading a brochure on breast cancer; Dictionary Cinema explains how the same word can have different meanings; Milestones profiles North Carolina based author Elizabeth Daniels Squire and how she has written eight best-selling novels, despite the fact that she's dyslexic; Street Beat gives a tip on learning new words and how to remember them; and ABC's Good Morning America news anchor Antonio Mora hosts a report on dyslexia. Plus, a pop quiz about water and the human body, and Buzzword explains the word "genetics."

121 - Sports Smarts features Olympic medalist Marian Jones running through the concept of rate; a new strand introduces two math-savvy Calculating Women who take charge of an overweight friend's calorie-counting; a Lifelines segment explores smart ways to manage multiple medications; Straight to the Source asks mind mentor Michael Gelb to demonstrate an innovative technique for improving memory; Michael Beech of TV's Third Watch offers tips for handling an emergency.

122 - In the backseat of a stretch limo, Question Man (Joey Kola) gets financial advice from a millionaire; in Lifelines, an entrepreneurial teenage parent gets help starting up a small lollipop business as he pursues his GED; those math-savvy Calculating Women estimate and calculate their way to an affordable cell phone plan; Straight to the Source asks a federal con-buster to reveal the math behind money scams.

125 - Lifelines segment presents strategies for reading comprehension on the GED; a new strand, Math Behind the Arts, features TV chef Curtis Aikens explaining ratios and cooking; a Milestones portrait traces how one man left prison and low literacy behind; TV411's revamped Book Club finds out what happens when an entire Midwestern town reads the same novel.

124 - Question Man figures out how to decipher legalese; a Milestones portrait shows how an out-of-work Appalachian coal miner succeeded in changing careers; TV411's math-minded Calculating Women explore strategies for building up retirement savings; Math Behind the Arts features a New York City artist who works with clay and the formula for area when she makes tiles for the subway.

125 - Math mavens Calculating Women offer tips on how to avoid credit card debt; Milestones focuses on a New York man who, despite a reading disability, teaches others how to pass motor vehicle exams; Laverne (Liz Torres) dispenses sound advice about reading over-the-counter medicine labels and following prescriptions; on Sports Smarts, three well-traveled Harlem Globetrotters demonstrate how to read a world map.

126 - A Milestones portrait traces an African immigrant's struggles as she learns to read and raise a family in America; Laverne helps a young parent find ways to childproof her home; on Lifelines, an African-American woman shows how she researches her family roots over the Internet and in the field; and for Book Club, hip-hop star Doug E. Fresh teaches parents and children how to rap and rhyme while they read.

127 - Question Man tackles sentence fragments in a grammatically-correct dream; on Write Now, poet Jimmy Baca conducts a dynamic writing workshop with steelworkers; Laverne helps a coworker create an outline for a GED essay on disciplining children; Straight to the Source takes us behind the scenes at the popular Bernie Mac show for a peek at a professional brainstorming session.

128 - Newly-minted writer Kathi Wellington enlivens a Milestones segment with her vivid stories of being a female steelworker; Math Behind the Arts visits origami artist June Sakamoto for a lesson on basic geometry; a TV411 Special invites parents and children to interpret art and symbolism at a Philadelphia museum; On Words Behind the Poetry, Broadway performers from Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam demonstrate how writing poetry can be hot and cool.

129 - Math Behind the Arts asks a professional drummer and dancers from the Broadway hit, "Forty-second Street," to demonstrate fractions in action; on a TV411 Special, a female carpenter shows how math and measurement are critical to her work; Sports Smarts taps the expertise of Mets pitcher Al Leiter on the perimeter of a baseball diamond; Laverne explains the concept of percentages and multiple markdowns to bargain-hunting patrons of the Big Store.

130 - Question Man gets the scoop from a former reporter on how to read between the lines; Straight to the Source looks over the shoulder of political cartoonist Don Margolies as he practices the art of satire; a Sports Smarts segment shows how DC United soccer star Nick Rimando uses computers and the Net while he's on the road; Book Club visits a special class in New York where workers learn about the history of the Depression through Dorothea Lange's celebrated photographs.