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Wednesday      
July 6, 2005
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The G8 Meet

Global warming, aid to Africa and protests in Scotland as the G8 meet takes place today.

An Interview with Anita Hill

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Law professor Anita Hill speaks to us about High Court nominations and what happens when Senate hearings about nominees turn ugly.

London Wins Olympic Bid

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London gets the 2012 Summer Olympics.

New England Base Closures

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New Englanders get their time to speak out against the Pentagon’s plans to close some military bases in the region.

Chilly Office Temperatures

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What happens when the air conditioning is cranked up too high?

Playwright Gideon Lester

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We speak with Gideon Lester about his play, “Amerika,” after the novel by Franz Kafka.

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Welcome to our newest listeners in Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, Morris, IL and Chesterton, IN! In the past few months we’ve been joined by new stations in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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