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Wednesday      
December 17, 2008
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Paul Levy
We speak with the CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It’s been a year since Levy announced a plan to eliminate preventable medical errors within four years, in part by talking about those mistakes on his blog and with the media. He says transparency will help control costs, but critics say the information will only upset patients.

Political Wrap-Up
We speak with Rick Klein, senior political reporter for ABC News. He also writes “The Note” for the network’s website.

A Mother’s Justice
We speak with Doreen Quinn Guiliano, a Brooklyn mother who assumed a new identity and went underground to try to overturn her son’s conviction for murder.

Santaphobia
We talk with Denise Joyce and Nancy Watkins, authors of the new book, “Scared of Santa,” that captures some of those memorable moments.

Birdscapes
We speak with Miyoko Chu of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about her new book “Birdscapes: A Pop-Up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound.”

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