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October 31, 2008

The Last Weekend

The long presidential race is entering its final weekend. Candidates, running mates, and surrogates are crisscrossing the nation frantically.

Voting

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We speak with Edward Foley, an elections law expert who is a professor at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Switching Parties

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We talk to two people who are voting against their party in the presidential contest and helping to organize others within their party to do the same.

Letters

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Comments and questions from listeners.

A Little Light Night Music with James Isaacs

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As the days grow shorter, Here & Now’s jazz aficionado James Isaacs brings us his picks for music to while away the longer nights.

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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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