Thursday, May 31, 2007

The Road to the G-8 Meeting; Candidates Set to Debate Again; Darfur; Sports Update; “Architecture of the Air”

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Search is on for Abducted Brits; A Conversation with Ivan Watson; Man With TB Goes on Overseas Jaunt; Title IX; The True Story Behind “Gracie”

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Bush Orders New Darfur Sanctions; Supreme Court Rules for Goodyear in Discrimination Case; Hedge Funds Primer; Dieting Drugs from Brazil; The Iraq Wall; Ed Reed

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Monday, May 28, 2007

U.S.-Iran Talks; Two Soldiers’ Mothers; Ted Williams – The Pilot; American Heritage Magazine; The Dark Star Orchestra

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Detainees May Cast Shadow over Talks; Playwright Edward Albee; Back to Iraq; Listener Letters; “The War Tapes”

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

House Backs Off Iraq Timetable; A Conversation with Damien Cave; Supreme Decider; Sports with Bill Littlefield; The Best TV Theme Songs

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Former Gonzales Aid Testifies; Homeowner Insurance Woes in Florida; Tape May Hold Clues in Litvinenko Case; Lessons from Richmond; Rev. Billy and His Anti-Shopping Gospel

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Former KGB Agent Charged in Litvinenko Case; Fighting in Lebanon; FDA to Decide on New Birth Control Pill; The Music of Lang Lang

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Political Look Ahead; Food Safety; Food Safety; Food Safety; Food Safety; Eco-terrorists on Trial?; Kickball Comeback; The Passion and Genius of the Taj Mahal

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Friday, May 18, 2007

Legislation Would Legalize Millions of the Undocumented; World Bank Without Wolfowitz; A Father Rembers His Son; “Five Second Rule”; Lionel Shriver

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Pentagon Report on Troop Deaths; Soldiers and Child Custody; White Lies in the Workplace; For Your Ears Only; Flock of Dodos

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

House Considers War Bill; The Iranian View of the Iraq War; Falwell’s Life and Legacy; Your Turn; Music Producer Joe Boyd

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Politics and Abortion; Covering Cuba; How Good for You?; Palestinian Sesame Street; Kurt Andersen; A Death in Iraq

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Monday, May 14, 2007

Chrysler to be Sold; Jihadi Rehab; Iraq Spliting GOP; Oregon Voters Consider Tax Proposal; Musician Avishai Cohen

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Friday, May 11, 2007

Bail Hearing for the Fort Dix Six; Pigeons: Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em; Law Prof Calls for Gonzales’ Impeachment; Sports with Bill Littlefield; Andres Serrano

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Gonzales Before Congress; A Looming Crisis in Elder Care; Conservation and Gas Prices; Deal? No Deal.; Patty Griffin

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Anbar Update; Slate’s Bing West on Iraq; Is the Military Rethinking “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ?; Antidepressants and Suicidality; “The Women Who Raised Me”

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Six Arrested in Army Base Plot; A Hole in Mental Healthcare; Iraq Last in Child-Survival Rankings; “The Slanted Screen”; Greenburg Relief Effort

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Monday, May 7, 2007

Residents Return to Tornado-Striken Town; The Politics of Food; Who is Gordon Brown?; Rodeo: Brazilian Style; “Beowulf” as it Should be Heard

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Pentagon Report Spotlights Mental Health Disorders; Global Warming and the Tropical Forest; Philly Mayorial Election; Crying Foul; Edward Hopper’s America

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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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