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Public officials are famous for using statistics to prove whatever point serves their political purpose. Today, the use of data is getting more democratic. Now, anybody with a computer and a connection to the web can crunch the numbers. Commentator Jon Udell from Keene hopes everyone will join in.

Our search for the next green thing brought us back to college.

From the Ivy League to community colleges, in dorm rooms and lecture halls, higher ed institutions are finding ways to combat global warming. It's appropriate, given that today's undergrad will likely live to see the planet's ice caps melt.

Andrew Blum wrote about the greening of the American college campus for Metropolis, and talked to Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescott about how environmentalism on campus isn't just about recycling and saving wildlife anymore - it's about reducing the campus's immediate carbon footprint in practical ways. Virginia also spoke with Tom Kelly, director of the University Office of Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer at the University of New Hampshire.

Read Andrew Blum's article "Carbon Neutral U" in Metropolis

Visit the University of New Hampshire Office of Sustainability's blog, Discover(ing) Sustainability

(Photo by Joe Dunckley)

Dean Wareham, author of a new memoir, "Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance," was the frontman of the iconic indie rock bands Galaxie 500 and Luna. He now records with his wife and former Luna bandmate, Britta Phillips, in the group Dean & Britta.

It's an up-close look at how Galaxie 500 achieved a cult following and then fell apart, a backstage pass to his years of living the sex, drugs, and rock & roll lifestyle while on tour with Luna, and a chronicle of vast changes in the music industry over the past two decades. Dean spoke with Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescott about the highs and lows of a career spent in music.

Watch the video of Galaxie 500's "Fourth Of July"

Watch the video of Luna's "Lovedust"

Watch the video of Dean & Britta's "Words You Used To Say"

Read Liz Phair's review of "Black Postcards" in The New York Times

(Photo by muzikspy)

It’s been said that when former Congressman Mickey Edwards speaks, conservatives listen. The prominent Republican from Oklahoma has a new book warning Republicans that they have abandoned the conservative principles of individual liberties and limited government. Edwards joins us to talk about why he says Republicans have become lost and how they can return to their conservative beliefs.

Guest

• Mickey Edwards, a lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, former 16-year Republican Congressman from Oklahoma, a founding trustee for the Heritage Foundation and author of Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost and How it Can Find its Way Back