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August 8, 2008

Olympic Update

We’ll get an update on the opening ceremonies with Shira Springer, sports reporter for the Boston Globe.

Opening Ceremonies

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It may be the most expensive and the most watched spectacle in human history. With 15,000 performers who are highlighting everything from the Great Wall to China’s space program, what is China saying to the world?

Afghanistan

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pushing a plan to boost the size of Afghanistan’s army to help fight the resurgent Taliban. We speak to retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey who just returned from a trip to the country.

Lee Israel’s Memoir of Her Life as a Forger

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We speak to biographer Lee Israel, whose writing career was in a slump when she turned to forging letters and selling them to dealers. Her memoir is out, called Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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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)

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