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We speak with reporter Richard Wolffe about President Bush’s response to the mortgage crisis…

A Frank Conversation

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We speak with Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank …

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

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The United States’ massive new embassy in Baghdad is scheduled to open tomorrow. We talk about the building and the effect it may have on the city with Jane Loeffler, who writes about the embassy for the current edition of Foreign Policy Magazine.

The Week In Sports

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The U.S. Open tennis matches, women’s pro basketball conference finals, college football and the demise of David Beckham are topics for discussion this week with Here and Now’s sports commentator and host of NPR’s “Only a Game,” Bill Littlefield.

Frederic Franklin

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Here and Now’s Lynn Menegon reports on Franklin’s rare personal appearance at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival last year …

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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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