Friday, August 29, 2008

Presidential Politics; Katrina 3rd Anniversary – and Tropical Storm Gustav; Pakistan; Denver Postcards from Robin Young; Denver Postcard #2

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Convention Latest; Eleanor Holmes Norton; Historic Convention; Protests at the DNC; Kenyan Gymnasts; Superdelegate, Super-young

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Convention Update; Democratic National Convention – Or Revival?; Joe Biden; YouTube; Political Films

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Women and the Democratic Party; Roll Call; Senator Kerry on What Obama Has to Do to Win; Damon Runyon

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Monday, August 25, 2008

The Democratic Convention; Lawrence Guyot; Deval Patrick; The Delegates; Michelle Obama; Ted Kennedy

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Friday, August 22, 2008

The Olympics; Vice-Presidential Politics; Letters; TV Killed the Conventions; Milos Foreman

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Iraq Withdrawal; The Elephant in the Room at the Democratic National Convention; Rick Bass; Maria Schneider

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Missile Defense; A Doctor’s Story About Performing Abortions; The FCC and Product Placement on Television; Anatomy of a Subway Hack; Who Owns Antiquity?

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Presidential Politics; Beijing Update; Nuclear Engineering; Downward Dog; The Last Rose Farm

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Musharraf Resignation; The Starbucks of Libraries; Budget Crisis Film; Outdated Cars; The Counterfeiters

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Rick Warren; College Loans; College Reading; Pakistan in Transition; Google in Japan; Norman Porter

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Georgia — The U.S. Options; Cyber War Beyond Georgia; Meth Project; Olympics; Geezer Jocks

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Georgia; Hillary Clinton’s Campaign; Olympics; Computer Hacking; Elvin Bishop

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Russia and Georgia Showdown; A $100 Incubator?; Betting on the Weather; Rick Riordan

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Georgia and Russia; Retirement; Immigration Equality; Wii Habilitation; Batman and George W. Bush

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Olympic Update; Opening Ceremonies; Afghanistan; Lee Israel’s Memoir of Her Life as a Forger

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Hillary Clinton; Christopher Dickey and the American South; The Mysterious Clark Rockefeller; I.D. Theft; Nina Simonds on Today’s China

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Hamden Verdict; Who is Aafia Siddiqui?; How to Handle Interrogation; Can the Olympics Lead to Reform in China?; Sponsors and Olympics; Herbie Hancock

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Anthrax Deaths; Howard Zinn; Beijing Air Quality; Wu Shu; Bluegrass in China

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Rakan’s Death; Moscow After Dark; Anthrax Scientist; Women Priests; The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

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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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