Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Markets and the Economy; Iran, Pakistan Al Qaeda and the Bomb; The Lost Tomb Of Jesus?; A New Life; Borat Fatigue

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan; Teaching the Iraq War; Reducing the Greenhouse Gases; Opportunities Inside A University Cafeteria; Bushmen and Kalahari

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Cheney in Pakistan; Fame Junkies; Congress Back; Ice Melt; Musical Guilty Pleasures

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Sending Troops Back To Iraq; Diamonds On The Red Carpet; Another Cold War?; A Beaver Returns To New York; Adapting Little Children to the big screen

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Iraqi Soldiers Accused of Rape; Report Says Iraq War Increasing Terrorism; Success Story?; Water on Other Planets; Sports Update; Shout, Sister, Shout!

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

U.K. Leaving Iraq; When Nixon Met Mao; Rise of the Machines; Dog Part in Kid’s Book Concerns Some; Danny Glover and Bamako

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

JetBlue’s Ups and Downs; Obama’s “Blackness”; Preparing for Retirement; Satellite Radio Merger; TAL on TV

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Monday, February 19, 2007

Surge on the Hill; Dems in the Palmetto State; And They’re Off; Preserving Presidential History; “Praying to Be Thin”; His Podcast is Ancient History; Films for Family Movie Night

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Friday, February 16, 2007

War Resolution Votes; “Beyond Beat and Rhymes”; Torture on “24″; Sports Update; Turtle Man

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Target Iran?; Case Spotlights Bipolar Disorder in Children; The Ethanol Gold Rush; Congress in Session; Iris Yamashita

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Bush Press Conference; A Time Honored Tradition; Iranian Involvement in Iraq?; Congress Debates Troop Surge Resolution; Modern Love

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

House Debates Resolution on Troop Surge; Space Tourism; Lebanon and Iran; Mitt Romney’s Michigan Ties; “Angel of The Garbage Dump”

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Campaign 2008; Grammy Review; China Eyes the Moon; Lost in Translation; Author Myriam Cyr

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Friday, February 9, 2007

“Pretty Good” Intelligence?; Woman in War; Spotlight on Brain Injury; Sports Update With Bill Littlefield; Fashion Week Comes to a Close

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Cigarette Handout Sparks Lawsuit; The Vietnam-era Congress; Congress Probes Iraq War Contracts; A Union for Freelancers; Actress Cherry Jones

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Austria Says it’s Busted Child Porn Ring; The New Governors; “100 Percent Heterosexual”; Pachyderms Sent Packing; Music and Treats for Valentine’s Day

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Iranian Diplomat Kidnapped in Iraq; Color Commentary; Iraq War Resolution; Remembering Sergeant Fuller; Break the Ban on Afghan Music

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Iraq Update; Washington News Round-up; Too Much Stuff; Budget Blueprint; A Lush Life

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Friday, February 2, 2007

Panel: Earth Heating Up; Advisor to Iraq’s President Speaks Out; Imposter Student; Boston’s Response to Publicity Stunt; The Sounds of Ennio Morricone

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Marketing Stunt Spurs Fear and Fury; Study Spotlights Eating Disorder; Chavez Granted Unprecedented Power; Superbowl Sunday; Darker than the Deepest Sea

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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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