As usual, PG staff opinionistas Monica Haynes and L A Johnson dissect the news of the day in their own, insightful way (Total time 23:00).

This week, PG sports columnists Ron Cook and Bob Smizik join sports editor Jerry Micco. They pronosticate the regualar season and bowl game prospects for both the Pitt and Penn State football teams, then they debate the subject of blown referee calls in the NFL and dip into the Sports Now mailbag (Total time 13:45).

In today's Post-Gazette Steelers Report, beat writers Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac preview the Bengals game when they visit Heinz Field this Thursday evening. Then Gerry offers his pick for that game and the weekend's other top match-ups. Stay tuned (Total time 7:05).

This week, Post-Gazette drama critic Chris Rawson hosts a special guest, Todd Kreidler, a Pittsburgh-area native, playwright and protégé of August Wilson. Kreidler was in town this week for a staged reading of his work in progress “Stayers and Goers” at the Pittsburgh Public Theater (Total time 16:30).

PG pop music critic Scott Mervis talks with Mavis Staples, who will perform a tribute to the late, great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson this Saturday night at Carnegie Lecture Hall in a Calliope-sponsored concert (0-11:02). Country music critic and historian Rich Kienzle reviews a new CD by Hank Williams III, who's been known to mix music that might remind you of his famous forebears with speed metal (11:02-19:01). (Total time: 19:01)

Welcome to This Week in High School Sports, as the PG's scholastic sports writers Mike White and Colin Dunlap offer their picks, pans and praise for this weekend's WPIAL football action (Total time 14:00).

Today Post-Gazette food editor Bob Batz Jr., dining critic China Millman and staff writer Gretchen McKay are talking turkey and Thanksgiving treats (Total time – 8:55).

On this week's Tuned In podcast, PG TV editor Rob Owen and entertainment editor Sharon Eberson offer pointed critiques about this season's crop of shows and preview "The Colbert Christmas." Stay tuned and get Tuned In. (Total time 12:40).

Today, Tech Man Ced Kurtz, systems manager Tim Dunham and webmaster Jody Farr go Christmas shopping online and offer tips for keeping your identity secure. Stay tuned for Tech Talk. (Total time – 25:00).

Today Post-Gazette movie critics Barb Vancheri and Barry Paris review "Quantum of Solace," "What Just Happened?" and a slew of entries in the Three Rivers Film Festival: "Have Rocket Will Travel," "The Korean," "Deuce," "Tricks," "Song Sung Blue," "Momma's Man" and "The Last Command" (Total time 18:40).

This week, Patricia speaks with Lang Lang, the 26-year-old Chinese pianist some say is the best in the world (Total Time 19:00).

This edition of Dennis Roddy's Journal boards a Greyhound Bus in Pittsburgh headed to New York City in search of America (Total time 11:15)