Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Economy; McCain; The Candidate and the Reverend; Baseball’s Greatest Hit

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Bush Press Conference; Diabetes and African American Kids; Runner with Prosthetic Legs; Anne Sofie von Otter

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Monday, April 28, 2008

Indiana Photo ID; Reverend Jeremiah Wright; Panama Canal; My Space Art; Kurt Vonnegut

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Rev. Wright; “Second Skin”; Measuring the Economy; Listener Letters; Atheist Rocker

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Nuclear Site Videotape; Life Expectancy And Women’s Health; Blackwater; Rice Rationing; A Night At The Opera

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Petraeus Destined for CentCom; Slavery; Pennsylvania Primary; Undecided Superdelegates; Last Days of the Rickshaws

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Pennsylvania Votes; The Pentagon’s Hidden Hand; Human Rights in Afghanistan; I-Phones for Students; “Monique and the Mango Rains”

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Politics; Wiretapping and More; Food Prices; Paul Revere’s Ride; The Boston Marathon

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Friday, April 18, 2008

Veterans’ Suffering; Dirty Tricks in Presidential Campaigns; Polygamist Wife; Matzoh Marathon; Poetry Everywhere

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Iraq Violence; Debate in the Keystone State; American Catholics; The Week in Sports; Deranged Chic

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Death Penalty Case; Electronic Waste; Virginia Tech One Year On; Democrats Debate; “Unaccustomed Earth”

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Airline Merger; Papal Visit; Polygamist Ranch Raid; Girls and Sports Injuries; A History of Jazz

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Obama Flap; Housing Help; Robots and Roadside Bombs; Living the Slow Life; Bipolar Disorder

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Report: Administration Vetted Interrogation Techniques; Olympic Torch Controversy; “Body of War”; Tax Tips; Asha Bhosle

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Troop Deployments; The Dalai Lama; Airline Woes; Only A Game; Lazy Lester

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Olympic Torch Troubles; Pay Day Lenders; Andrew Bacevich on Iraq; Tarawa; Stolen Childhoods

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Iraq Hearings; Iraq Hearing Analysis; The Office in Real Life; Arizona Moves to Leave NCLB Behind; The B-52s are Back

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Olympic Torch Relay; Biracial America; Zimbabwe Elections; Provencal Singers; Double Exposure

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Zimbabwe; Garbage; Bush-Putin Meeting; Peace Symbol; MLK and Boston, 1968

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Airline Safety; The Presidential Race; Green Collar Jobs; This Week in Sports; “Shine A Light”

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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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