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#1417: "The C-SPAN Bus

Bob Barrett

The cable network C-SPAN has been around for decades, bringing the uncut, as it happens business of congress into our living rooms. But did you know that for years, representatives from the network has toured the country in a well-equipped bus visiting schools, book fairs and state capitols?

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C-SPAN's Doug Hemmig talking to students from Ferry Pass Middle School in Pensacola, Florida in the back of the C-SPAN bus.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll take a tour of the latest C-SPAN bus as it tours all 50 states.

We’ll also hear about a site that has been rating schools around the country for years…and learn how the way they hand out school grades has changed. And we’ll spend an academic minute dealing with bad bosses.

Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.