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May 31, 2007

The Road to the G-8 Meeting

President Bush is paving the road to the G-8 meeting in Germany next week with a set of initiatives on AIDS, sanctions against Sudan and the U.S. position on global warming. We talk with Richard Wolffe of Newsweek about the president’s strategy.

Candidates Set to Debate Again

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The Democratic and GOP presidential candidates gather in New Hampshire this weekend for another in their round of debates. We talk with Jon Greenberg of New Hampshire Public Radio and David Yepsen, political columnist for the Des Moines Register about how the candidates are playing in these two states.

Darfur

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We talk with actor Don Cheadle and John Prendergast about their new book, “Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.”

Sports Update

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We look at the week in sports with our sports guy and host of NPR’s “Only A Game,” Bill Littlefield.

“Architecture of the Air”

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Host Robin Young goes to Boston’s Logan Airport, but not to hop a plane. She was there to talk with artist, architect and musician Christopher Janney about his new sound installation at the airport called: “Architecture of the Air.”

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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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