Life after Death Row
September 19, 2012What is required to maintain sanity and self-control while incarcerated for a crime you insist you didn’t commit?
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The Importance of Slang
September 19, 2012How important is slang to the development of a language and the society it serves?
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The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
September 18, 2012Can political progress still be possible in our country at a time when gridlock and extreme partisanship seem to be the norm?
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A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
September 18, 2012What is life like for Africa’s small farmers – many of whom are women and most of whom struggle to even feed their families year-round?
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Death and the Civil War
September 17, 2012How did the devastating casualty rates of the U.S. Civil War affect Americans’ perception of death and what did this unprecedented loss of population change the country?
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Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
September 17, 2012There’s no doubt that the world changed forever in the 18 months immediately following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. We’ll unravel the webs of deception and post-attack covert political actions this hour.
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A Rough Guide To The Dark Side
September 13, 2012What happens when a New York Times foreign correspondent disagrees with his editor about the invasion of Iraq, quits his job, and then sets out in a drug-induced euphoria to launch a Serbian version of Woodstock on an island in the Danube?
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Campaign 2012
September 13, 2012What impact will evolving events in the Middle East and the murder of a U.S. Ambassador in Libya have on the upcoming election? What influence did the conventions have on the electorate and what will voters be looking for in the upcoming debates?
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Bob Balaban's Creature From the Seventh Grade
September 12, 2012What makes a character work on the page or on the screen and just how important are those traumatic pre-teen years to a writer and actor’s later creativity?
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Who Stole the American Dream?
September 12, 2012Why are average middle-class Americans struggling so hard to just stay afloat and which political and economic policy decisions of the past have led our country to its current state?
