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January 22, 2007

CEOs Urge Bush to Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Leading CEOs appeal to President Bush to consider reducing greenhouse gases by placing mandatory regulations on dangerous pollutants such as carbon dioxide. Participants include the CEOs from ALCOA, PG&E, Lehman Borthers, GE and more.

Presidential Hopefuls

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There’s Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson and Barack Obama. The field of presidential candidates is getting crowded. We speak with Lee Bandy of The State newspaper in South Carolina, Guy McMillan of Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt

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We look at how democratic reformers are faring in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Toby Jones of Swarthmore College says reforms in these two countries have suffered since the war in Iraq.

Super Bowl XLI

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“Monique and the Mango Rains”

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We speak to first-time author Kris Holloway about her book, “Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali,” which describes her time in Mali with the Peace Corps. Kris writes about Monique, an activist in Mali, who died in child birth.

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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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