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April 28, 2006

Washington Wrap

Immigration, lobbying reform, gas prices — Congress has a lot before them. Will they act? Gail Chaddock of the Christian Science Monitor is our guest.

Genocide Now and Then

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Rosian Zerner, who survived the Holocaust, and Chan Rogers, who helped liberate the camp at Dachau, comment on the need to remind people about the Holocaust in order to prevent it from happening again — this time in Darfur.

Iran “Won’t Give a Damn”

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Is there a solution to the stand-off between the U.S. and Iran? We’re joined by Abbas Malekian and Matthew Bunn to talk about their proposal to end the conflict.

Unconscious Plagarism?

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The publisher recalls the debut novel of Harvard undergraduate Kaavya Viswanathan. Linguist Goeffrey Pullum comments.

Opera: Sewing to the Top

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She used to sew the buttons on costumes for singers, but she’s now on her way to becoming a diva herself. We meet the singer Barbara Quintiliani.

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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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