2010 September | Here & Now

Secret Sex Video Linked To Student’s Suicide, The Skinny On Supplements, N.Y. Tea Party Candidate Boils Over, Americans Flunk Religious Literacy Test, ‘Our Boys’ Holds Smith Center, Kansas Together

New: Take the full Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life quiz.

We pose a lightning round of questions to rock and roll superstar Phil Collins. Listen and you’ll find out why we photoshopped in that Davy Crockett hat to his photo.

Europe Terror Attack Is Still A Threat, Supreme Court Will Review Free Speech, Discrimination Cases In New Term, Hopes Soar For Trapped Chilean Miners, Stargazers Point To The Stars With Laser Pens, Phil Collins Covers Motown

As Massachusetts becomes the 30th state to enact anti-texting laws, one activist fights to curb distracted driving deaths.

US Intensifies Attacks In Pakistan, GOP Targets State Houses In Highly Democratic Northeast, High-Powered Lasers Are A Danger To Pilots, Grieving Father Launches A Personal Crusade To Stop Texting While Driving, Pastry Competition Puts The Heat On Master Chefs

With Elections Looming, Republicans Rise, Early Screening, Intervention Can Help Children With Mental Illnesses, Sumo Wrestling Grapples With Gangsters In Japan, Adrian Grenier Turns Camera On A ‘Teenage Paparazzo’

For his new documentary actor Adrian Grenier turned the camera on the paparazzi.

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Judge To Decide On Injunction, Please Hold. Your Call Is (Not That) Important To Us, Baseball’s Triple Crown Remains Elusive, Sudan Remains Unstable Ahead Of Secession Vote, Not A Joke: Comedian Brings Radio To Deaf Audience

President Obama Addresses The UN General Assembly, American Agents Go Undercover To Snag An Iranian Arms Smuggler, White House Looks For New Economic Quarterback, Nations Jockey For Control Of North Pole Resources, Wordsmiths Offer Help For The Verbally Challenged

What words do you mispronounce, mangle, or just get wrong?

Candidates Are In The Final Sprint To November, Turning An Inconvenient Eye On Public Education, Iranian Diaspora Protests Ahmadinejad, Power May Be Shifting in Pyongyang, But Life In North Korea Remains Brutal, Once Lost Hank Williams’ “Mother’s Best” Recordings Found

The story behind Hank Williams’ legendary radio show.

Democrats Push To Repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, Google & Apple Face Off In The Battle For Your TV Remote, Cyber-squatting’ On Members Of Congress, A Rabbi, An Imam, And A Pastor Walk Into A Classroom, Film, Graphic Novel Visualize Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

View an excerpt of “Howl: A Graphic Novel” by Allen Ginsburg and Eric Drooker.

Healthcare Provisions Kick In Ahead Of Midterm Elections, Inside C-Street, The House That Hoped To Transform America, Brits Turn Over Dangerous Afghan Province to Americans, Testimony Resumes This Week In CT Home Invasion And Murder Trial, ‘Cathy’ Says Good-bye After 34 Years

Read an excerpt from Jeff Sharlet’s “C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy.”

Afghanistan Braces For Another Election, The Man, ‘The Mastermind’ Of Sept. 11, Possible Twister Touches Down In NYC, Tech University Experiments With Social Media Blackout, India’s Superstar Composer Bridges Borders With Music, Paging Moon Unit: Baltimore To Honor Frank Zappa

Poverty Rate Increases In U.S., Castro Says Cuba’s Model Isn’t Working, The Pope’s Controversial British Visit, Is NASA’s Future On Mars?, Justin Townes Earle Sets Manhattan To Music

Author Pat Duggins examines NASA’s future in his new book, “Trailblazing Mars: NASA’s Next Giant Leap.”