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Sun, Apr 29
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Help For The Economy? Not From Debt-Bound Grads
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the student debt crisis, and the life and death of facts. Plus, the D-Day rehearsal that ended in disaster, remembering the LA riots, and pastor Joel Osteen. Also, "Glee" star Chris Colfer's new movie and country singer Carrie Underwood.
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Sun, Apr 22
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Made In The USA: An Export Boom
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at America's export boom. Also, how a sour economy has made food stamps the new welfare. Plus, where's the real Kobe beef, 3MF stories, what's topping the Billboard Latin charts and why American music follows the 40-year rule.
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Sun, Apr 15
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The Tax Man Cometh! But For Whom?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered,taxes: who pays and who doesn't. Also, writer Daniel Mendelsohn follows in the steps of Odysseus and a lost engraving is found. Plus, our 3MF judge Alberto Urrea, World Party's Karl Wallinger and Cuban jazz sensation Alfredo Rodriguez.
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Sun, Apr 8
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Sunny Days Are Here Again, But Is That Good?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the local and global implications of our early spring heatwave. Also, what it means now to be deaf in America, teaching math through music, and the hunt for 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Plus, the music of hit sensation Gotye.
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Sun, Apr 1
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How The Individual Mandate Became Unpopular
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, tracing the story of the individual mandate and how it became unpopular. Also, DNA testing for pre-school applicants, Three Minute Fiction readings, and the life of James Brown. Plus: Noel Gallagher after Oasis.
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Sun, Mar 25
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Juvenile Justice, Island Of Vice And Desert Archaeology
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, is it constitutional to sentence juveniles to life without parole? What undocumented migrants leave behind in the desert. Also, Island of Vice and new music from Melanie Fiona.
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Sun, Mar 18
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Political Moneyball, A Lost Passport, Fun. And The Shins
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, how the GOP race is now about mathematics. Also, domesticated foxes, remembering Red Bull creator Chaleo Yoovidhya and a 3MF writer who can't enter. Plus, the story behind a 60-year-old lost passport, and music from fun. and The Shins.
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Sun, Mar 11
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Who Will Win Over America's Latino Voters?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at how Latino voters could shape the 2012 election. Plus, the mysterious affliction that's affected 18 girls in Le Roy, NY, and Pastor Fred Luter. Also, the book "You Need a Schoolhouse," and new music from the Ivory Coast.
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Sun, Mar 4
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How Ohio Puts The Super In Super Tuesday
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, why all eyes will be on Ohio this Super Tuesday. Also, political dirt diggers, meteorite hunters, and the king of gongs. Plus: a linguistic road trip, Kristin Chenoweth, and electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani.
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Sun, Feb 26
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The Controversy Behind The Keystone XL Pipeline
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at the Keystone pipeline controversy. Also, the ghosts who walk the halls of the state department, the life of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and jazz master Robert Glasper. Plus, a surprise music cameo.
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Sun, Feb 19
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What's The Cure In The Race Against Breast Cancer?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at breast cancer and where we are in the search for a cure. Plus, the future of kid's books, the Website Recordsetter, and a new running app where you get chased by zombies. Also, "Bloodland," and country singer Gretchen Peters.
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Sun, Feb 12
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Strong In 2010, Where Is The Tea Party Now?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at the Tea Party movement in 2012. Plus, Afghan vet Sam Brown and how virtual snowmen changed his life. Also, the first man to reach the million-dollar mark on Kickstarter, Kwasi Kwarteng and Latin American hip-hop star Ana Tijoux.
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Sun, Feb 5
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Lost Malcolm X Speech Heard Again 50 Years Later
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the Malcolm X speech that was thought lost for 50 years. Plus, a look at the real Mitt Romney and how top banks recruit college grads. Also, Sugar Ray Leonard remembers trainer Angelo Dundee and singer Jill Sobule takes on "Yentl."
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Sun, Jan 29
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Made In The USA: Saving The American Brand
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, saving the American brand: stories from Kodak and a conversation with GM CEO Daniel Akerson. Plus, Jackson Pollack at 100, Presidents and foreign languages, and plagiarism on Amazon. Also, The Snowy Day turns 50 and the French duo Air.
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Sun, Jan 22
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The Dirty Political History Of The South Carolina Primary
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the dirty political history of the South Carolina primary. Plus, building a better dog and Volkswagen's pre-Superbowl ad that features the imperial dog choir. Also, actor Ralph Fiennes, director Eugene Jarecki and singer Jessie Baylin.
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Sun, Jan 15
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Would Ronald Reagan Be Elected Today?
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, we look at President Ronald Reagan and ask: could he get the GOP nomination today? Plus, James Fallows of The Atlantic and English playwright Alan Bennett writes "Smut." Also, how movie trailers are made and hit songwriter Ryan Tedder.
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Sun, Jan 8
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The New Hampshire Effect, Frampton's Guitar And Kelly Clarkson
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered,a look at the New Hampshire effect with Pat Buchanan and Gary Hart. Plus, the story of Peter Frampton's lost guitar and self-publishing millionaire Amanda Hocking. Also, the last works of classical composers and pop singer Kelly Clarkson.
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Sun, Jan 1
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A Big Year For Gay Rights, Space, And 'Four On The Floor'
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, some of the big stories of the year including gay rights and space. Plus, the upcoming presidential race and how Chinatown has changed. Also, the banished words of 2012, Aussie comic Chris Lilley, "four on the floor" and Harry Connick, Jr.
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Sun, Dec 25 2011
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The TV Yule Log, Pianist Harold O'Neal And Bill Cosby
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, we revisit some of the folks who appeared on the program this year including Alabama farmer Jamie Boatwright. Plus, the Jewish New Testament, the TV yule log and Bill Cosby's Christmas story. Also, improvisational pianist Harold O'Neal.
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Sun, Dec 18 2011
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Out Of Iraq And America's Got Talent
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the Iraq withdrawal, Madeline Albright, British war movies, Newt vs. Cooter, William F. Buckley Jr. and music from America's Got Talent Winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
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Sun, Dec 11 2011
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The Mega Rich And The American Dream
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the rich who avoid taxes and the mega rich who want to pay more, a former top deputy to Newt Gingrich who wants back in, how the American dream is starting to look like it doesn't belong to America, the man behind the Joker, Nobel Peace Laureate and President of Israel Shimon Peres, and jazz artist Christian McBride.
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Sun, Dec 4 2011
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A Look Back: The Beginning Of The War In Iraq
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, as U.S. forces prepare their withdrawal from Iraq, we take a look back at the beginning of the war. Plus, Chuck Berry's Cadillac, atheist chaplains and Blue Ridge Mountain ballads. Also, soul singer Mayer Hawthorne brings back the funk.
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Sun, Nov 27 2011
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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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Sun, Nov 20 2011
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Debunking Arson Myths, Mapping Addiction, And Cracking Jeopardy!
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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Sun, Nov 13 2011
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High Unemployment, High Fashion And Betty Wright
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, stories from the youth employment front, the heiress of the Guinness family on fashion, new scents from a lab in Brooklyn, women of the French Resistance and soul singer Betty Wright.
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Sun, Nov 6 2011
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Private Prisons, Solo Cups, and MTV's Mark on Music
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, examining the industry of private prisons. Also, the hardships of military families, saluting the Solo cup, and catching up with previous winners of our Three Minute Fiction contest. Plus, how MTV changed the music business.
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Sun, Oct 30 2011
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Trust In America, Borowitz And Timberlake
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at the current state of trust in the U.S. Also, America's cocaine cowboy comes clean, humorist Andy Borowitz, and music from the days when the Army rocked. Plus, Justin Timberlake brings sexy back to NPR.
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Sun, Oct 23 2011
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Strange Bedfellows: Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party And Palindromes
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, a look at what Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party have in common. Also, the man from Buffalo who became Somalia's prime minister, palindromes, and advertising's whistleblower. Plus, Franz Liszt and Janes' Addiction's Perry Farrell.
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Sun, Oct 16 2011
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Whole Body Cryotherapy And William Shatner
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the politics of food policing, identifying the remains of Australia's legendary hero, why the pros like it chilly, the man who currently preaches from Martin Luther King's pulpit, and what happens when William Shatner makes a concept album.
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Sun, Oct 9 2011
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Ashes Into Ammo And An Aphrodisiac Fungus
In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, the effect of Alabama's new immigration law, athletes struggling to drop weight after retiring, an expensive aphrodisiac fungus and turning ashes into ammo. Plus, a book on the history of desserts, an heirloom pickle and Family Guy's creator Seth MacFarlane's new album, "Music Is Better Than Words."
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