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April 29, 2005

Bush Press Conference

We review the President’s prime time press conference from outside the beltway.

Putin in the Middle East

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Russian President Putin wraps up his trip to the Middle East with a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Housing in Israel

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We talk with a real estate agent from Jerusalem about the pressures on the Israeli housing market.

Elie Wiesel

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60 years ago, the Buchenwald Nazi death camp was liberated. Nobel Peace Prize winner and camp survivor Elie Wiesel, has a remembrance.

Postcard from Vietnam

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In part three of our series on the fall of Saigon, host Robin Young has a postcard from the Vietnam of today.

Cover Numbers, Cover Ears

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Music critic Tim Riley reviews recent releases which feature radical covers of well known songs.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Florida's linebacker Michael Taylor (15) gets a hand full of jersey as he tries to bring down Quinton Dunbar (1) during the first half of the Orange & Blue football game  in Gainesville, Fla. (AP)

Division one universities spend a lot on their sports programs, but only a handful make enough money from sports to stay in the black.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Singer-songwriter Tom Rush. (Muffett/Flickr)

Ever since folk singer Tom Rush recorded his version of Murray McLauchlan’s “Child’s Song” about a young man leaving home, it’s become not only a concert staple for Rush but also a part of many graduation ceremonies.

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