Folk Alley
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The Alleycast - 03.13
This week's Alleycast features two song sessions recorded at the Folk Alliance conference in Toronto this year: The Milk Carton Kids and Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer. Our open Mic Feature is Brian Gordon.
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The Alleycast - 02.13
This Alleycast features a live from Folk Alley with Joe Crookston, a special song and interview session with Pharis and Jason Romero and our Open Mic feature, Tall County.
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The Alleycast - 01.13
Alleycast 01.13 features an exclusive live set from Nora Jane Struthers, an interview and song session with Rose Cousins, and our open Mic feature: Ryan McNulty.
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The Alleycast - December 2012
The December Allycast features a session with Missy Raines and the New Hip, a concert segment with The Stray Birds and our Open Mic feature of the month, Dan Berggren.
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The Alleycast - November 2012
The November Alleycast features two songs and an interview with music icon, Jonathan Edwards as well as four exclusive tracks from Over the Rhine recorded at the Kent State Folk Festival. Our open mic feature is Rye and Fairy Tales.
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The Alleycast - October 2012
This month's Alleycast features a live session with the Good Lovelies, an exclusive concert from the Steel Wheels and our Open Mic feature, Neal Swanger.
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The Alleycast - August 2012
The August Alleycast will feature our session with Devil Makes Three, updated highlights from the 2012 Folk Alliance conference, and Open Mic feature, Jan Bell.
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The Alleycast - July 2012
July's Allycast features Tegan and Sara from their set at Newport 2011. Canadian performer and producer Steve Dawson stops by for a session, and our Open Mic feature is Pirates Canoe from Japan.
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The Alleycast - June 2012
The June Alleycast features an exclusive interview and 4 performances by the Atomic Duo from Austin, Texas, 3 songs from Andrew Bird's set at the 2012 Nelsonville Music Festival, and our Open Mic feature of the month: Dogtooth.
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The Alleycast - May 2012
The June Alleycast features an exclusive interview and 4 performances by the Atomic Duo from Austin, Texas, 3 songs from Andrew Bird's set at the 2012 Nelsonville Music Festival, and our Open Mic feature of the month: Dogtooth.
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The Alleycast - April 2012
The Alleycast for April includes four songs from Gretchen Peters recorded at the 2012 Folk Alliance, as well as a glimpse into Scott Alarik's folk music novel, Revival. Our open Mic feature is Dave and the Cousins.
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The Alleycast - March 2012
This months Alleycast features Jim Blum's interview with fiddler April Verch as well as three songs from Pokey LaFarge from Newport 2011. Our Open Mic feature is the band Dearly Brothers.
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The Alleycast - January 2012
The January podcast features four performances from the Bill Morrissey tribute concert as well as Jim Blum's interview and three exclusive performances by David Bromberg. Our Open Mic feature is Annalise Emerick.
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The Alleycast - December 2011
The December Alleycast features Jay Ungar with Molly Mason and family as well as several songs from the duo Brown Bird recorded at the Newport Folk Festival, 2011. Our open Mic feature is Heather Styka.
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The Alleycast - November 2011
November's Alleycast features the Carolina Chocolate Drops, five exclusive Folk Alley performances by five different artists, and our Open Mic feature: Three Tall Pines.
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The Alleycast - October 2011
October's Alleycast features 3 songs and an interview with guitarist Frank Vignola, the song circle from Newport 2011, our open mic artist of the month, Steve Robinson and a review of Guy Clark's new CD, Songs and Stories.
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The Alleycast - September 2011
September's Alleycast features three, 3-song sets from Newport 2011--Pokey LaFarge, The Secret Sisters, and Justin Townes Earle. Dala is our featured interview and our open mic feature is the band Dentelion.
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The Alleycast - August 2011
This month's Alleycast includes a glimpse into the set the Decemberists played at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. We'll also feature an interview and songs from Blame Sally as well as a review of the new CD by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
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The Alleycast - July 2011
This month's Alleycast includes a glimpse into a recent live concert with Solas alumni Karan Casey and John Doyle. We'll also feature an interview and songs from Natalia Zukerman as well as a montage of the Bissfest Music Festival.
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The Alleycast - June 2011
Featuring Folk Alley's exclusive interview with with Lynn Miles. Plus, our Live From Folk Alley concert with The David Wax Museum. An Open Mic feature with the Rivergods. And, a review of Hard Bargain by Emmylou Harris.
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The Alleycast - October 2009
Featuring Folk Alley's exclusive interviews with Maddy Prior and Peter Knight from Steeleye Span. Plus, our Live From Folk Alley concert with Acoustic Hot Tuna. We'll also hear about a band called COMUS - one of the most sinister folk bands of all time.
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The Alleycast - September 2009
Featuring Folk Alley's exclusive in-studio session recording with Rhythm Angels and our Live From Folk Alley concert with Gillian Welch. We also listen to the Open Mic sounds of Village Jammers and the obscurity of Carolyn Hester.
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The Alleycast - December 2011
The December Alleycast features Jay Ungar with Molly Mason and family as well as several songs from the duo Brown Bird recorded at the Newport Folk Festival, 2011. Our open Mic feature is Heather Styka.
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The Alleycast - November 2011
November's Alleycast features the Carolina Chocolate Drops, five exclusive Folk Alley performances by five different artists, and our Open Mic feature: Three Tall Pines.
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The Alleycast - November 2011
November's Alleycast features the Carolina Chocolate Drops, five exclusive Folk Alley performances by five different artists, and our Open Mic feature: Three Tall Pines.
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The Alleycast - October 2011
October's Alleycast features 3 songs and an interview with guitarist Frank Vignola, the song circle from Newport 2011, our open mic artist of the month, Steve Robinson and a review of Guy Clark's new CD, Songs and Stories.
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The Alleycast - September 2011
September's Alleycast features three, 3-song sets from Newport 2011--Pokey LaFarge, The Secret Sisters, and Justin Townes Earle. Dala is our featured interview and our open mic feature is the band Dentelion.
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The Alleycast - August 2011
This month's Alleycast includes a glimpse into the set the Decemberists played at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. We'll also feature an interview and songs from Blame Sally as well as a review of the new CD by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
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The Alleycast - July 2011
This month's Alleycast includes a glimpse into a recent live concert with Solas alumni Karan Casey and John Doyle. We'll also feature an interview and songs from Natalia Zukerman as well as a montage of the Bissfest Music Festival.
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The Alleycast - June 2011
Featuring Folk Alley's exclusive interview with with Lynn Miles. Plus, our Live From Folk Alley concert with The David Wax Museum. An Open Mic feature with the Rivergods. And, a review of Hard Bargain by Emmylou Harris.
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First Listen: Jacaszek, 'Glimmer'
The Polish musician's unique soundscapes are a surprising blend of electronic and classical music.
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The Drone Age, 'Chicks With Guns' And 'Tyrannosaur'
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, how drones are changing what it means to fight a war. Plus, a look at the new Catholic mass, the book "Chicks With Guns," and the secrets of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamar. Also, the movie "Tyrannosaur" and our holiday music buying guide.
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China's Cyber Threat A High-Stakes Spy Game
The cloak-and-dagger world of corporate espionage is alive and well, and China seems to have the advantage. Their cyber-espionage program is becoming more and more effective at swiping information from America's public and private sectors, and the U.S. government has even blamed China publicly for hacking American industries.
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Chart Hits From Hong Kong And Senegal
If you want a quick break from LMFAO or Adele, maybe you should check out music from Senegal and Hong Kong. Music critics from both countries tell us what's playing on their radio stations.
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The Deregulation Bill That's Drawing Crowds
In the same month that the debt supercommittee failed to rise above partisanship for the sake of America's economy, a hyper-partisan House of Representatives managed a landslide victory. The crowdfunding bill it passed last week could be a big break for entrepreneurs — but does it put investors at risk?
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Praise Puts 'Tyrannosaur' Filmmaker In The Spotlight
Writer-director Paddy Considine's debut film, Tyrannosaur, is a favorite of critics this year. It's generating Oscar buzz and has earned Sundance Festival awards for Considine's directing and the film's lead actors. the film tackles dark themes like death and spousal abuse, but a message of hope manages to shine through. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin talks to Paddy Considine about writing and directing the film, which is in theaters now.
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Catholics Adjust To Season With New Liturgy
Catholics across the country are celebrating the start of their annual Advent season in an unfamiliar way. For the first time in four decades, the wording of the official Catholic liturgy has changed. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin talks with Father Carmen D'Amico of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands, Penn., after he performs his first mass with the new translation.
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The News Tip: Beyond A Strong Brand
As more journalists are building up their personal brands, NPR's David Folkenflik cautions that the brand is only part of the equation. While having a star journalist can help a media organization, it can also create tension.
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Alaskan Winter Doesn't Freeze Protesters' Resolve
Occupy demonstrators in Fairbanks, Alaska, are maintaining their encampment despite frigid temperatures. The local government wants the protesters to remove their tents, citing a no-camping law. Occupiers claim the tents are essential shelter, given the extreme cold.
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Teacher Pushed Struggling Student To Honors
When Meliza Arellano started seventh grade, she was below grade level in both math and reading. She was put in Sarah Benko's class to help students like her get up to speed. That was the year Arellano became a serious student.
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'Micro' Picks Up Where Michael Crichton Left Off
In the new scientific thriller novel Micro, the author weaves a story of nano-technology, corporate greed and murder. Best-selling sci-fi author Michael Crichton started the book, but died in 2008 before it was finished. Audie Cornish talks to writer Richard Preston, who completed the novel after Crichton's death.
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An Amnesia Patient's Strange Power Of Recall
A 71-year-old amnesiac in Germany has become well known in medical circles there. Even though the patient has lost nearly all memory of his past and has difficulty planning anything in the present or for the future, new research shows the former concert cellist is still able to learn new music. Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Carsten Finke, a neurologist at The Charite university hospital in Berlin, about the unique patient.
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War By Remote Control: Drones Make It Easy
This year, the Air Force says it will recruit more pilots to fly unmanned aircraft than manned fighters and bombers combined. Here's what that shift means for the military, for potential pilots, and the way we think — or don't think — about war.
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Marine's Life Forever Altered By War
Andrew Robinson was injured by a roadside bomb during his second deployment to Iraq. Now a quadriplegic, he says he is learning how to use his limited mobility and is proud of having protected his fellow soldiers. He is especially motivated because his wife is expecting twins next month.
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Cruising To Mars: The Rover's Tasks
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. The MSL is five times heavier than the rovers currently on Mars and has twice as many scientific instruments. It will take nine months for the spacecraft to reach the Red Planet, and there's plenty of things for it to do before then.
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Week In News: Pakistan Rift, Egypt Protests, GOP Debate
Host Rachel Martin talks with Doyle McManus, Washington editor of the Los Angeles Times, about the week's news, including the alleged NATO attack in Pakistan, continued protests in Egypt and the most recent GOP presidential debate.
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Alleged NATO Attack Strains U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Pakistan says 25 of its soldiers were killed in a NATO helicopter attack on a checkpoint at the Afghan border. NATO says it is investigating what happened. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Quil Lawrence about the incident, which has further exacerbated U.S.-Pakistan tensions.
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'Chicks With Guns': A Picture Of Gun-Toting Women
More than 15 million women in the U.S. are gun owners, and 78 of them are in a new photo book. Photographer Lindsay McCrum says guns play a big part in some women's lives, but for very different reasons.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Coppola, The Muppets
Francis Ford Coppola shares stories from his early film making career and from some of his most famous movies, including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Also, Jason Segel and Nick Stoller talk about their new Muppet movie and Ed Ward reviews hillbilly boogie's earliest days.
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Surviving Christmas Trees In Demand Down South
This year's historic drought killed thousands of evergreen trees in Texas and Oklahoma. Now Christmas tree farmers are scrambling to meet holiday demands. Host Scott Simon checks in with Karen Barfield, owner of Tinsel Time Christmas Tree Farm in New Caney, Texas.
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Deal Reached; NBA Season Mostly Saved
After a marathon bargaining session that lasted into the wee hours of Saturday morning, owners and players representatives emerged with an agreement that should lead to a new contract. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the tentative labor deal between NBA owners and players.
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Black Friday Frenzy Sparks Violence At Some Stores
Shoppers flooded stores across the country as the holiday shopping season officially got under way and people rushed to grab deals on electronics, toys and other merchandise. But retailers' big day was marred by reports of attempted robbery, fighting, and of a woman who allegedly pepper sprayed other customers.
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Letters: A Thanksgiving Tale
Guy Raz reads listener reaction to yesterday's Thanksgiving Day story by writer Bailey White.
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Political Protests In Egypt Intensify, Expand
Egypt's military rulers named a former prime minister under Hosni Mubarak to head the new government. The move is likely to further incite the tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, demanding the resignation of the ruling military council. And for the first time, pro-military protesters gathered in another of Cairo's squares.
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Court Could Take Trainers Out Of Marine Park Waters
Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited SeaWorld following the death of a killer whale trainer. If a Florida court rules in favor of OSHA, employees of SeaWorld and other parks like it will no longer be able to come into direct contact with whales unless there is a barrier between them. Guy Raz speaks to Tim Zimmermann, a correspondent for Outside Magazine, about the ongoing legal dispute.
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Impatience Grows Over Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
Guy Raz speaks with Samer Shehata, professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University, about how anger with Egypt's military rulers has prompted more protests, and how elections planned to begin next week may not be enough to quell the unrest.
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Palestinian Unity Would Pose New Headaches
Rival Palestinian leaders met in Cairo this week to discuss prospects for a reconciled government. For more than four years, the Palestinian Authority has governed the West Bank, while the militant Islamist group, Hamas, has ruled the Gaza Strip. But any government that included Hamas would face serious obstacles.
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Week In Politics: Taking The Country's Pulse
Guy Raz talks with weekly commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the tough spot Congress is in, observations on the political divide, economic mobility and disagreement over core values.
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Even Lawmakers Ask: Does Anyone Like Congress?
Last month, for the first time ever, a CBS-New York Times poll showed Congress' approval rating had plunged to a single digit — 9 percent. And following this week's failure by the supercommittee to agree on a deficit reduction plan, many lawmakers fear that number can only get worse.
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Around The Classical Internet: November 25, 2011
Three passings, advances in musical technology and a hard-to-fill job: all the news that's fit to link.
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Black Friday Madness Sweeps Across The Country
Some shoppers said they planned for weeks — and even skipped out on Thanksgiving dinner — to get good deals. But in parts of the country, Black Friday really lived up to its name, with reports of robbery and incidents involving pepper spray.
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Hot Tuna On Mountain Stage
The stalwart blues-rock band performs material from its first album of new material in 20 years.
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Why Do We Give? Not Why Or How You Think
New findings in the science of charity reveals some counter-intuitive results. For instance, people will give more money to a single suffering person than to a population of suffering people, and also give more when some type of physical discomfort — for example, running a marathon — is involved.
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Hostility Meets Many Babies On A Plane
Delta and Southwest are among the more child-friendly airlines, Scott McCartney, travel editor and "Middle Seat" columnist for the Wall Street Journal, tells Guy Raz. But as airlines face growing financial challenges, families flying with small children are seeing even more aggravation and fewer amenities than regular customers.
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Germany's Identity Cemented In The Euro
When the euro was rolled out nearly a decade ago, it was touted as a unifying force across European cultures. Uwe Boek, a 48-year-old Berliner, has seen and embraced these changes: "It's us being Europeans in the European Union. Because the euro is money but the European Union is about identity."
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For Greeks, A Sad Shift In Self Image
There was a time when Greeks were proud of being Greek, of being a people known for dancing, being happy without material wealth, enjoying life. Now, Greeks are known for being deeply in debt, accused by some of living the high life on other people's money, of dragging Europe's economy to the brink of disaster.
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It's All Politics, Nov. 23, 2011
Newt Gingrich shows his expertise in facts and details at the GOP foreign policy debate but will his comment on immigration make him the latest alternative to Mitt Romney to stumble? Or will he have staying power? Also: the supercommittee dissolves without being able to come to an agreement.
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Egypt Military Rulers Reject Calls To Step Down
Officials say the first round of parliamentary elections will start on time next week despite serious unrest.
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How Private Is Your Email? It Depends
The law that governs the privacy of cloud computing was written 25 years ago, when the concept of storing emails and other data away from the personal computer wasn't the norm. Some big-name tech companies are asking Congress to step in and clarify Americans' online privacy rights.
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Romney's Religion Could Play Role In Primaries, Poll...
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that 24 percent of people it surveyed expressed a negative view of the religion, with white evangelical Protestants most likely to characterize Mormonism as "non-Christian." That's a key part of the GOP base.
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A Wild Goose Chase To Find Turkey Farmers
Spencer Heaps, a photo intern at the Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, set out on a wild goose chase to find some turkey farmers.
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Avoiding The Tax Man Could Cost Italians Dearly
Tax evasion is a long tradition in Italy. But with the country facing a crippling debt crisis, the new prime minister hopes to convince markets that he can get tough on those who refuse to pay up, and perhaps change Italian attitudes about tax avoidance as well.
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Tough Times Spark Russian Resurgence In Latvia
In Latvia, a country haunted by its Soviet past, the rise of a Russian political party seemed unthinkable. But the global economic crisis hit the Baltic nation so hard that voters turned to Harmony Center, a party with Russian ties, promises of government help and a socialist economic platform.
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In Joplin, Appreciating The 'Thanks' At Thanksgiving
For a lot of the people in Joplin, Mo., this Thanksgiving is going to be one more to endure than to celebrate. But new dreams are slowly taking root here. While the losses have been terrible, they've left a lot of people more grateful to be alive than they were last Thanksgiving.
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In Charleston, S.C., Resistance To Cruise Ships
The cruise industry has set up shop in Charleston, S.C., but not everyone is thrilled. Preservationists say the industry will tarnish the city's image as a cultural and historic destination.
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At The 'Rampart,' A Centurion's Self-Destruction
Director Oren Moverman and Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) team up again for a complex account of a corrupt Los Angeles cop and his a final desperate bid to cash in. (Recommended)
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After Irene, N.Y. Farmers Recover
When Hurricane Irene struck three months ago, it devastated the family farm run by Jim and Cindy Barber in Middleburgh, N.Y. The couple discusses the farm's recovery.
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Holiday Treats From Hollywood
NPR's Bob Mondello offers a selective preview of Hollywood's brightly wrapped holiday baubles. On tap: two films from Steven Spielberg, Ralph Finnes' directing debut and others.
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Letters
Listeners respond to stories on gold mining, nuclear testing and garlic peeling. Guy Raz reads from listeners' emails.
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Food Bank Preps Needy For Culinary Careers
There are 200 community food banks in the U.S. providing free groceries to the needy. About two dozen of them, including one in Hillside, N.J., run community kitchens that train people for careers in the culinary arts.
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Kitchen Tricks: Halving Cherry Tomatoes
On the program Wednesday, Saveur Magazine's Todd Coleman revealed a kitchen secret for peeling garlic cloves. On Thursday, his trick is quickly halving a handful of cherry tomatoes.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy The Long Weekend
The Two-Way is planning on taking the long weekend off. We'll be back Monday.
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Poll: Romney Retains Huge New Hampshire Lead
New Hampshire is giving Mitt Romney plenty to be grateful for, with a new Thanksgiving eve-poll showing the former governor of neighboring Massachusetts with a 27 percentage-point lead over his closest rival, Newt Gingrich. The WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll showed Romney with 42 percent of the vote compared with 15 percent for the former House speaker.
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Around The Jazz Internet: Nov. 23, 2011
A roundup of salutes to Paul Motian, plus the return of Rhoda Scott and Geri Allen goes Christmas.
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Google Scraps Renewable Energy Initiative
Google said other organizations were better suited to take the technology forward.
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Romney To Iowans: 'The Country Counts On You'
On Wednesday, Mitt Romney campaigned in Iowa for the fifth time this year, raising his flag a bit higher in the state that begins the presidential nominating process with its caucuses on Jan. 3. He also defended a controversial campaign ad running in another early-voting state, New Hampshire.
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Scientists Bag Small Game In Bathroom Germ Safari
A study funded in part by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute assesses the germs that lurk in public restrooms. Researchers found 19 different types of bacteria in bathrooms on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.
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Before There Was Katniss, There Was Killashandra:...
Remembering the iconic fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey, author of the classic Dragonriders of Pern series.
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Looking Back At Early Arkansas Mug Shots
Mug shot newspapers might be a new fad. But before photos went digital, prisoner portraits were thrust into drawers, many to be forgotten.
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Liberals Give Romney Campaign Taste Of Its Own...
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign got much attention this Thanksgiving week for an anti-President Obama ad it started running in New Hampshire that took wildly out-of-context a 2008 statement by then Sen. Obama to portray him in a bad light. Not unexpectedly given our tit-for-tat politics, a liberal group retaliated in kind, giving several Romney comments the same treatment.
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Bob Silvers, Co-Founder Of New York Review Of Books
Jessica Harris talks to Bob Silvers, co-founder of New York Review of Books. During a 1963 New York newspaper strike, Silvers, along with Barbara Epstein, decided to start a book review of their own. Harris also speaks to James Barton, co-founder of Tivo.
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Karan Casey And John Doyle On Mountain Stage
The Celtic musicians perform songs from their new album of Irish-American stories, Exile's Return.
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Montserrat Figueras, A Striking Voice For Early Music,...
The unforgettable singer and mother of an early music dynasty made more than 70 albums spanning centuries and continents.
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VIDEO: Helicopter Crashes While Installing A Christmas...
Amazingly, the pilot and the people watching on the ground survived the crash with minor injuries.
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Bolo Ties: Not Just For Westerns
An Arizona museum has opened an exhibit on Native American bolo ties, featuring many ties made by jewelers and history of the official neckware of three states.
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Tavenner To Replace Berwick As Medicare Chief
Marilyn Tavenner, a nurse, is set to succeed Dr. Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Tavenner is the agency's principal deputy administrator and will serve on an acting basis as administrator during the confirmation process.
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'Dangerous Method': Shocking Therapy For A Hysteric
In the early 20th century, Carl Jung uses the techniques of Sigmund Freud — and a few of his own — to treat a "hysterical" patient. Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen star.
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A Prince And A Showgirl, On Location And At Odds
Michelle Williams tackles screen icon Marilyn Monroe in a movie about moviemaking — she's filming a comedy with Laurence Olivier, and it's not going well.
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In Glorious Black And White, An 'Artist' Falls Silent
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent-film icon (Jean Dujardin) is about to face a challenge with the arrival of talkies — while a young extra (Berenice Bejo) stands on the verge of stardom. (Recommended)
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Mashed Potato Cakes
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Cheesy Turkey And Kale Quesadillas
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Turkey, Quinoa And Persimmon Salad With Warm...
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Migas
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Cranberry-Honey Smoothie
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Looking Forward To Thanksgiving Leftovers
Americans' favorite way to eat leftover Thanksgiving turkey is in a sandwich the next day. But this time, think outside the bread: Try tucking turkey into quinoa salad, quesadillas or an egg scramble. Cranberries and mashed potatoes get a second life, too.
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Early Primary Date Upheld By S.C. Supreme Court
The South Carolina Supreme Court by a 3-2 vote refused to block the first-in-the-South presidential primary, turning back challenges by counties that the state lacked the authority to hold it.
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'Arthur Christmas,' Doing Well By A Swell Season
The Santa-industrial complex gets taken affectionately down in a witty, big-hearted holiday romp from the studio behind Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit.
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'The Muppets': Felt Favorites, Still Merrily Pretending
Two small-town Muppet fans (Jason Segel and Amy Adams) and their Muppet companion Walter set out to foil a greedy oilman who plans to raze the Muppet Theater in his quest for black gold. (Recommended)
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'Hugo': From A Master, A Love Letter To His Medium
Martin Scorsese adapts the wildly popular kids' book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, deploying the visual-storytelling chops he has honed in nearly half a century of filmmaking. (Recommended)
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Reporting on Sandusky: How Do You Describe The...
The allegations against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky have sparked a debate about when to call rape a rape. How explicit should we be in describing sexual assault, especially of a child? The answer pits soft-pedaling the crime vs. damaging the survivor vs revolting the rest of us. Help us define the line.
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FCC Joins Justice Department In Opposing AT&T, T-Mobile...
The Federal Communications Commission wants AT&T to prove the merger would be "in the public interest."
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First Listen: 'Follies (New Broadway Cast Recording)'
Listen to the landmark 1971 musical, which frenzies Stephen Sondheim fans each time it's revived, presented here in its full splendor.
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Supercommittee Does Its Real Job For Its Real Bosses
Both parties act as though they can blame the other, striving to please constituencies that insist they do so. Yet, few achievements in American history have been so bi-partisan as the national debt.
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U.N. Says AIDS Epidemic Is Stabilizing
That's good news, say experts, but the bad news is funding for AIDS programs has dropped for the first time.
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Gimme Shelter: Should National Newscasts Give Local...
When a big snowstorm recently hit the Northeast, NPR played tape of residents handling downed power lines. An appalled utility company said the reports encourage "deadly risks." Seems only sensible that NPR should give safety advice, right? But what if local radio does it better?
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Obama Blames Republicans For Debt Panel's Failure
President Obama Monday put the blame for the supercommittee's failure squarely on congressional Republicans — and their unwillingness to consider higher taxes on the wealthy. Obama also threatened to veto any effort to escape from the automatic spending cuts agreed to in August without a balanced plan to reduce the deficit. Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Scott Horsley for more.
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Supercommittee Fails To Reach Debt Deal
The bipartisan supercommittee says it failed to reach a deficit-reduction deal. NPR's Tamara Keith speaks to Robert Siegel with the latest from Capitol Hill.
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iTunes Match: Thousands Of Songs, With A Couple Of...
The new service from Apple offers access to all of your songs, anywhere. It's a huge step forward for music lovers, and iTunes Match very nearly lives up to its promise.
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Romney's Gubernatorial Aides Bought Their Gov't Hard...
Mitt Romney defended as routine the actions of his aides when, in the last weeks of his Massachusetts governorship, they bought their government-issued computers' hard drives and deleted emails off a government server. But former Massachusetts officials said the aides' actions were extraordinary.
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Four Reasons The Supercommittee Isn't So Super
The panel's inability to tackle its assigned responsibilities should have come as no surprise, some political observers say. In fact, failure may have been built into the process from the beginning.
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Supercommittee Admits It's Failed To Reach A Deal
Unless Congress changes the rules, this failure triggers a $1.2 trillion across-the-board budget cut.
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Farm-Fresh Food May Have Shaped The Modern Mouth
Easy-to-chew foods like rice and corn may have influenced the evolution of the human jawbone. New research says it may also help account for the fact that children in the United States often need to have braces because their mouths can't accommodate their teeth.
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The Jayhawks On Mountain Stage
The pioneering alt-country band performs material from its most recent album, Mockingbird Time.
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With No 'Superdeal,' What's Next In Deficit Debate?
The failure of the congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee extends fiscal uncertainty and pushes a debate over the Bush-era tax cuts into a presidential election year. Congress could try to reverse automatic budget cuts set for 2013 — but President Obama has already warned against that approach.
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VIDEO: Flour Children, Or What A Bag Of Flour Can Do To...
What happens to a house when a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old get a hold of a 5-pound bag of flour?
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Joe Henry: Tiny Desk Concert
Henry's new Reverie reflects his fearlessly easygoing style, so asking him to sing in a crowded office never felt like an imposition.
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First Listen: Sweet Exorcist, 'RetroActivity'
The British duo of Richard H. Kirk and DJ Parrot created what may be the quintessential riff in electronic-music history. Listen to a reissue of Sweet Exorcist's complete discography.
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Suspect In New York City Bomb Plots Arrested
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that 27-year-old Jose Pimentel was "plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed services returning from abroad." But authorities have no evidence the suspect was working with anyone else, the mayor said.
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Debunking Arson Myths, Mapping Addiction, And Cracking...
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, how the evolution of fire science is charring old methods of arson investigation. Also, mapping addiction, lab mice, and the Jeopardy! champ's studying secrets. Plus: Kurt Vonnegut's new biography and Bill McCarthy of We Are Augustines.
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Songs For Stuffing: A Thanksgiving Mix
Whether you're having turkey, turducken, tofurkey or fish tacos, Thanksgiving is about family, food and the soul-deadening stress of logistics. So here's a mix designed to help you keep your mind on the bonding-fueled feast that justifies it all.
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How One Man Played 'Moneyball' With 'Jeopardy!'
Roger Craig has wanted to be on Jeopardy! since he was 12 years old. When he finally got his shot, he knew he had to make it count. So he built a computer model to mine Jeopardy! for patterns. He says the most exciting part wasn't the money — it was that his system worked.
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For Retirees, Selling Pensions A Risky Bet
In today's tough economy many people are doing whatever they can to make it through one more mortgage payment or survive other financial hardships that have reached their doorstep. Desperate times often call for desperate measures, and for some retirees that means selling their pensions for a lump sum payment.
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Quantum Questions #1
What is quantum mechanics trying to tell us about the deeper structure of the world.
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Egyptian Security Cracks Down In Tahrir Square
A second uprising seems to be developing in Cairo. Protesters in Tahrir Square, angry with the military-led transitional government, increased in number recently as police clashes with them have become more violent. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan talks with reporter Merrit Kennedy about the situation in Egypt.
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Libya Weighs Life After Gadhafi
It's been one month since Moammar Gadhafi's death. Libyans were celebrating within hours of his killing. A month later, the jubilance has waned and the violence continues. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan talks with New York Times correspondent Clifford Krauss from Tripoli.
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In Baltimore, Mapping The World Of Addiction
Researchers in Baltimore are tracking the way the character of a neighborhood — its violence, its vacant houses, its appearance of obvious drug use — can affect an addict's decision to use drugs.
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Bill Maher Lays Down The (Mostly Silly) Law
Comedian Bill Maher's new book contains heartfelt essays about the condition of our country. There are also some rules — for things like typography, warning signs and lamp cords.
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The Music Man Behind 'Entourage' Shares His Secret
HBO's How to Make It in America airs its season finale Sunday, and if you listen close, you'll see what sets music supervisor Scott Vener apart. He got his start on the hit series Entourage, but says the credit for finding new hit music shouldn't go to him.
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Prospects For Supercommittee Debt Deal Look Dim
On the brink of failure, members of the bipartisan deficit-cutting panel blamed each other Sunday for the intransigence that has gridlocked the panel in its quest to cut the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade. The panel has until Wednesday to vote on the deal.
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Song Contest Aims To Spur Frank Talk About Teen Drug...
Teen musicians whose lives have been changed by substance abuse get a chance to tell their stories through song. Winning numbers become part of a campaign against drugs. The songwriters get to go backstage for a rehearsal of the 2012 Grammy awards.
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VIDEO: After Pepper-Spraying, A Powerfully Silent...
Outraged after seeing campus police use pepper spray on protesters who were sitting down, hundreds showed their disdain. They stood by silently as the school's chancellor walked to her SUV. The moments are on video.
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GOP Candidates Seek Social Conservative Support at Iowa...
Six GOP presidential candidates vying for the support of social conservatives took part in a wide-ranging forum that featured discussion over abortion, gay marriage and the role of religion in public life. But notably absent was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who declined the invitation.
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Arson Forensics Sets Old Fire Myths Ablaze
At the ATF fire lab in Maryland, setting houses on fire is all in a day's work. As researchers learn more about how fires start, they're shattering assumptions and shedding new light on old cases.
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Week In News: Obama Wraps Up Asia Tour
President Obama wrapped up a nine-day trip to Asia today, during which he announced a troop build up in Australia and a rare State Department visit to the isolationist country of Myanmar formerly known as Burma. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host host Laura Sullivan speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, about the trip — as well as other stories from the past week.
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Fighting The Pseudonym Cyberwar
The Department of Justice plans to tighten current laws regarding websites' terms of service conditions. That means if you press that "Agree" button on websites, you better mean it. Some say broadening the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could even make using a pseudonym on social media outlets a felony. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host host Laura Sullivan talks with Orin Kerr, a professor at George Washington University Law School, about how the government can strengthen the...
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Saving Lives, One Sports Injury At A Time
The number of student athlete injuries has decreased greatly since the early 1970s thanks to the work and recommendations of Fred Mueller, longtime director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. Mueller's ground breaking changes in high school pole vaulting and swim competitions have saved lives. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host host Laura Sullivan speaks with Fred Mueller about his latest area of concern: Cheerleading.
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Perhaps Scientists Like Lab Mice TOO Much
The lab mouse is the most ubiquitous animal in biomedical research, but that doesn't mean it's always the best subject for researching disease.
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Dirty Ovens: Built-In Seasoning Or Grimy Mess?
Preparing for a Thanksgiving feasts brings a host of extra domestic tasks. Here's one you might not think about until you go to cook your turkey: how important is it to clean the oven?
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We Are Augustines: Old Wounds Inspire Recovery Songs
Songwriter Billy McCarthy turned to music after a childhood rocked by suicide and mental illness. He speaks with NPR's Laura Sullivan about the band's debut album, Rise Ye Sunken Ships.
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Kurt Vonnegut Was Not A Happy Man. 'So It Goes.'
Kurt Vonnegut liked to present himself as the American Mark Twain, but the real man underneath that image was considerably more complicated and damaged.
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Prediction
Our panelists predict what big idea the Supercommittee will come up with.
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Who's Carl This Time?
Carl reads three quotes from the weeks news: Frontrunner of the Week, Not So Super, and Hoop Bad Dreams.
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Opening Panel Round
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Where's Don Draper When You Need Him?
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Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell us three stories of a worker taking a stand, only one of which is true.
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Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel: Occupy's Best Friend, Good News for Vegetarians, and Putin Makes His Case.
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Limericks
Carl reads three news-related limericks: A Less Than Celestial Seasoning, A Frightening Cure for Snoring, and When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease.
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The Friday Podcast: A Financial Adviser Bets The House
Despite his professional training, Carl Richards got sucked into the housing boom like everybody else. Here's what he learned when he got spit out the other side.
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Lawmaker, Scholar Tangle Verbally At Testy House Arctic...
One of the nation's best-known academic historians got into a superheated exchange Friday with one of the U.S. House's longest serving members over the issue of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Cool Photo: Scientists Present 'Lightest Material On...
Ultralight metallic microlattice is one hundred times lighter than styrofoam and it can sit atop a delicate dandelion without crushing the fuzzy seeds.
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Around The Jazz Internet: Nov. 18, 2011
The universal lick, Amy Winehouse's jazz record and a new club in the desert — of Qatar.
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Pass the Turkey Please, And The Tchaikovsky
Does Mozart go with meat loaf? Grieg with gravy? What are your perfect food and music pairings?
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First Watch: Adele, Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Adele's rich and powerful voice is on display in this heartfelt performance from the artist's new concert film.
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Self-Help Guru Sentenced To Two Years In Prison Over...
A judge issued the sentence saying James Arthur Ray was extremely negligent. Three people died in a sweat lodge ceremony run by Ray.
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Former Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Has Cancer
Paterno's son said doctors are optimistic about his father's recovery.
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NPR In The News: The Now, Now...Tell Me! Edition
Big news for Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! this week, media wanted to know what Sec. Steven Chu had to say and NPR's Infinite Player has people excited.
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Seth MacFarlane Loves NPR
From Broadway tunes to Fox's Family Guy, writer (and singer) Seth MacFarlane shows his love for NPR.
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Culturetopia: Morally Ambiguous Edition
Spotify, Ayn Rand, and Leonardo DiCaprio, on this week's arts and culture podcast.
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Around The Classical Internet: November 18, 2011
Formerly lost Sibelius, slews of business negotiations and an angry blog post denouncing blogs: all the news that's fit to link.
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NCAA To Examine Penn State's Sports Programs
"If true, individuals who were in a position to monitor and act upon learning of potential abuses appear to have been acting starkly contrary to the values of higher education, as well as the NCAA," association President Mark Emmert says.
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Panetta On Other End Of Budget Cuts As Role Changes
The defense secretary, who warned Congress earlier this month of the dangers of budget cuts in his agency, once had to help implement cuts as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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China Now Investigating Nude Photos Of Outspoken Artist...
The artist said the latest investigation is yet another attempt by the Chinese government to silence him.
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As The Protest Ends, What Now For Occupy Movement?
Occupy protesters coordinated rallies in several cities across the U.S. As a dramatic week came to a close for the protesters some said the movement was ready for a new phase.
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'The Descendants': In Paradise, A Stranger To Himself
A father (George Clooney) struggles to reassess his past and navigate his future after his wife is gravely injured in a water-skiing accident. Critic David Edelstein says the film blends broad comedy with the sting of tragedy. (Recommended)
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Federal Prosecutors Will Look Into Fatal Shootings By...
Federal prosecutors say they're investigating a series of shootings in Miami, in which the city's police officers fired upon people in the black community nine times over a period of less than 18 months. Seven people were killed.
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GAVI To Make HPV Vaccine Available In Developing...
About 88 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in developing countries. The deaths can be prevented by an HPV vaccine, which will be available to some women for the first time in 2012.
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Angry Bonds: iPhone Game Lets You Run Europe's Central...
The ECB has created a monetary policy game for the iPhone, called €conomia. Here's what happened when I played.
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Vandaveer On Mountain Stage
The duo showcases its delicate, intertwined folk harmonies with a sprightly and youthful spirit.
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Swipe A Loyalty Card, Help A Food Detective?
In many food safety investigations, disease detectives ask people what they ate. But most people often can't remember. Enter the loyalty card database, which never forgets.
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'Garbo The Spy': A Nazi Double Agent, Mystery Intact
Clips from newsreels, propaganda films and Hollywood spy dramas help flesh out a documentary about World War II double agent Juan Pujol Garcia, who sold secrets to the German high command — but was secretly working for the British.
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'Tyrannosaur': Us, Wretched Of The Earth
A love story disguised as a blunt instrument, Paddy Considine's film centers on an alcoholic with anger-management issues and the victimized woman with whom he forms an unlikely bond. (Recommended)
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Super Panel Democrat's Glimmer Of Hope Requires...
Less than a week before the deadline for the congressional super committee to deliver its proposal for at least $1.2 trillion in federal spending cuts over a 10-year time-frame, the vibes from the panel's members remain far from positive. Consider part of a conversation NPR's Melissa Block, co-host of All Things Considered had with panel member Rep. Chris Van Hollen.
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Occupy Wall Street: A Lesson On An 'Organic Movement'
The Occupy Movement is purposely fractured and protesters take pride in the kind of decentralized governance they have created.
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'Dawn' Breaks, And Much Baroque Nonsense Ensues
Supernatural trans-species PG-13 eroticism? In the first half of the last Twilight installment, Stephenie Meyer's already gothic saga loses what little restraint it had — and tips over into territory that's both absurd and, given the target audience, a little alarming.
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Herman Cain Skips Meeting With Staff Of Influential NH...
It's not like Herman Cain really has a real shot to win the New Hampshire primary. Indeed, any Republican presidential candidate not named Mitt Romney probably doesn't have much of a chance to win the Granite State. Still, any conservative who wants to at least appear to be running a real New Hampshire campaign usually talks with the Union Leader's staff. Cain stood them up Thursday.
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Mike Lazarow, Co-Founder Of Buddy Media
Jessica Harris talks to Mike Lazarow, the co-founder of Buddy Media. Clients like IBM, Ford, Pepsi and Jet Blue use Buddy Media's software to engage consumers through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other platforms. Harris also speaks with Richard Saul Wurman, founder of TED Conference.
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Alleged White House Shooter Charged With Attempted...
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is accused of firing shots at the executive mansion. Authorities say one bullet struck a window, but did not penetrate the protective glass.
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Warren Wolf + Lage Lund: Live From 92Y Tribeca
A vibraphonist from down the turnpike in Baltimore. A guitarist from across the pond in Norway. Both have dedicated themselves to hard-swinging jazz, and both lead their bands in this live concert recording from New York.
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Can A President Really Fix A Bad Economy?
Obama inherited the worst economy of any president since Franklin Roosevelt. But like his predecessors, he's finding that the blame is all his when times remain tough.
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Sintona Latinoamericana: New Songs From Uruguay,...
This week on Alt.Latino we tune into the sounds of Spanish language music, from Chile to Mexico, Uruguay to Colombia.
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Newt Gingrich's Freddie Mac Ties Could Be Poison In GOP...
In about a week, we've gone from Newt Gingrich saying during a debate that he was paid $300,000 to tell Freddie Mac "as a historian" to his firm being paid nearly $2 million by the mortgage-financing giant as a former House speaker to provide strategic advice. There's no telling what added details another week might bring.
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NASA Needs New Astronauts And Wants To Send Them To Mars
NASA is advertising for new astronauts and would like to train them to travel as far as Mars.
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Emergency Room Closures Hit Minorities, Poor Hardest
When a California hospital closes its emergency room, many residents may feel the effect. And according to a new report, hospitals whose patients tend to be black or on Medicaid are more likely to shut down their ERs than others.
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First Watch: Tunabunny, 'Cross Wire Technique'
Tunabunny has a head-spinning good time making music. That much is unmistakable from watching the band's freewheeling music video.
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The Secret To Foie Gras That Keeps Its Fat Is In The...
To find out why some livers retain fat during cooking, scientists analyzed liver proteins in ducks. They found that if you reduce the time you overfeed the ducks, you're get livers that lose less fat during cooking.
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New Judge Named To Handle Penn State Scandal Case
Questions had been raised about the original judge's connections to the charity for at-risk kids founded by Jerry Sandusky, who's accused of sexually abusing at least 8 young boys over more than a decade.
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Benetton Drops Image Of Pope Kissing Imam After Vatican...
The Vatican called the ad "unacceptable" and warned it would take unspecified actions to protect the pope's image. Benetton says it was intended to "combat the culture of hatred," but is sorry the image "so offended the sentiments of the faithful."
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Joseph Arthur On Mountain Stage
Though he appears solo in this live performance on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, Arthur uses a variety of looping machines to give the impression of a full band.
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Will The ECB Act As Lender Of Last Resort?
The LOLR cat wants to know.
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KCRW Presents: TV On The Radio
The electrifying band joins Morning Becomes Eclectic for a live studio session, fresh off its triumphant show at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl.
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Mongolian City Hopes To Cool Off With Huge, 'Artificial...
The capital city plans to thicken the ice on one of its rivers in the winter, which they hope will keep them cool in the summer.
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