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December 9, 2005

Congressional Update

Gail Chaddock of the Christian Science Monitor joins us to talk about tax cuts, the Patriot Act and Congress.

Novelist Uzodinma Iweala

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The first-time novelist transports us to a place where children are seduced and subdued by the power of the gun and drugs.

The Spread of Methamphetamine

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Monica Brady-Myerov has been covering the rise in crystal meth use in Massachusetts. She joins Robin Young in the Here and Now studios to talk about what she has learned.

Baseball with Bill

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We talk hot stove league baseball with Only a Game host Bill Littlefield.

Comic Strip Artist Chris Ware

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Ware has a new collection of work called “The Acme Novelty Library Final Report to Shareholders and Rainy Day Saturday Afternoon Fun Book.”

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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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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