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June 9, 2008

Presidential Election

CNBC Chief Washington correspondent and New York Times political writer John Harwood says we will be seeing more of the partisan ideology that has been largely absent from the primary race.

Doctors Without Borders

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Listen to a conversation with Dr. Nicholas de Torrente, executive director of Doctors without Borders U.S.A.

Airlines

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United, Delta, and Continental have recently announced layoffs. Are we seeing international carriers do the same? We talk with Matthew Bishop, American business editor for The Economist.

David Sedaris

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The writer and humorist, David Sedaris, joins us. Need we say more? His latest book is “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.”

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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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