2009 February | Here & Now

Friday, February 27, 2009

We tour FDR’s former suite with Michael Weishan, president of the FDR Suite Foundation, Inc. and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Plan, Baller in Chief, FDR SUITE

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Obama Pushes for Universal Healthcare, Early Cancer Detection, Conflict Resolution, Snow Emergency Remix, Tapper Talk

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

World Markets React to President Obama’s Address, Unemployment Funds Dry Up, A New Private School for Low-Income Girls, Does Alcohol increase the Risk of Cancer in Women, Animals Using Tools

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We revisit a conversation we had with comedian Jerry Lewis.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Plans, Talking to Iran, Globalization Hits Home in Eastern Europe, Jerry Lewis Honored at the Oscars

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Here and Now’s space-watcher Kelly Beatty joins us to talk about a rare celestial event.

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Monday, February 23, 2009

Balancing the Budget While Spending Money, The Personal Side of Stem Cell Research, Comet Lulin, Arming the Tribes of Afghanistan, Bipolar Child

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Friday, February 20, 2009

Show Me the Money, Levittown, Pennsylvania, Breast Cancer Treatment and Health Care Rationing, Racism in Cartoons, Oscar Nominated Cambodia Documentary

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Libby, Montana, Flu Shots, Swedish Bank Bailout, No More Bad Meetings, Stolen Blues?

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Underwater or In Foreclosure? Obama’s Plan to Help

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Underwater or In Foreclosure? Obama’s Plan to Help, Rocket Docket, ‘Unintelligent’ Design, Digital Switch, Flash of Genius

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Examples of “unintelligent design” in the human body.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

President Obama’s stimulus package sets aside $4.5 billion to upgrade the nation’s electrical grid to a so-called “smart grid.”

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

We speak with New York Times reporter Micki Maynard about what’s at stake for the US auto industry.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Stimulus and the Smart Grid, Rocky Mountain High, Golden State Losing Luster, GM and Chrysler Face Bailout Deadline, Will Obama Overturn Bush’s Provider Conscience Rule?, From Mao’s Prison to Playing Willy Loman

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern on why Lincoln matters

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Some recent stories we thought you’d enjoy- about mindfulness with psychologist Ellen Langer, to the volunteer fire chief trying to save his town from the oil spill, to red-tailed hawks taking flight!

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Here & Now producers share their favorite music, books and websites.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

The garage rock trio, the Heartless Bastards, has a new album out.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Running legend Alberto Salazar. (Photo Alex Ashlock)

Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock recently sat down with Alberto Salazar, one of the top distance runners in American sports history.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
A portrait of Dickens at age 29, painted during his 1842 American trip by Boston artist Francis Alexander. It’s on loan to the UMass Lowell exhibit from the MFA where it hasn’t been seen in 30 years. Diana Archibald says it shows the young Dickens’ penchant for flashy dress, which inspired another part of the Lowell exhibit, “Dickens as Steampunk Muse.” (Courtesy Of Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

“People think of Dickens as that old guy with the beard that’s not relevant. And he is relevant! In fact, I think of him as sort of like Jon Stewart, he uses wit,” said Diana Archibald, a Dickens scholar. Dickens was born 200 years ago, we look back on his trip to the famous mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1842.

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Friday, February 3, 2012
Jasmine Zhuang, a Yale junior who says she avoided checking the "asian" box on her college application out of fear it would prevent her from getting in. (Courtesy Jasmine Zhuang)

When it comes to college applications, some Asian-Americans are purposely not checking the race box. For many, it has nothing to do with their heritage, and everything to do with the high expectations that come with it.

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