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October 9, 2006

North Korea

The UN Security Council meets to discuss North Korea’s announcement that it had set off an atomic bomb underground.

China’s Christopher Columbus

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We retrace the voyages of Zheng He with Michael Yamashita, who directs the film “Ghostfleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He.”

Nuclear Proliferation

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Has North Korea entered a small club of nuclear nations? Will other neighboring nations move to arm themselves against North Korea?

Skating Comeback

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Gold medalists in the 60s in pairs figure skating, the Protopopovs have been skating together since 1957. Now, they want figure-skating to return to its artistic roots.

Feeding the Modern American Family

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Our resident chef Kathy Gunst visits a family to see how they manage to find time to cook as well as to the author of the book “Barbarians at the Plate.”

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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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