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December 22, 2008

Pakistan One Year After Bhutto Assassination
Our guests are Aqil Sajjad, a graduate student in physics at Harvard University , and Asim Khwaja, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School at Harvard.

Bailout Money
Where did the money go? That’s what many Americans are asking about the funds from the federal bailout.

Frost/Nixon
Robert Zelnick, now a journalism professor at Boston University , once David Frost’s executive producer, speaks with Bob Oakes about the original interviews.

Still No Power in Central Massachusetts
Close to 4,000 homes in central Massachusetts are still without power since an ice storm hit the area 11 days ago.

Teenage Love Poetry
What do teenagers think about love? We speak with Betsy Franco, editor of the new book, “Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers”; we also hear a few selections.

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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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