Sharon Update

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in serious but stable condition after five hours of brain surgery. This was Sharon’s second surgery in two days after suffering a massive stroke on Wednesday.

Debating Presidential Power

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How much power should a president have? We speak to Andrew Rudalevige of Dickinson College and author of “The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate.”

Miners Mourned

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Funerals begin tomorrow for the miners killed in West Virginia.

The Week in Sports

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Only A Game’s Bill Littlefield has a preview of the NFL playoffs and talks about some of the rest of this week’s sports highlights.

An Artist in Occupied Iraq

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An artist offers a fresh view of Iraq that is captured in drawings and paintings.

RECENT SHOWS

7/3/2009

Pennsylvania Workers Temporarily Lose Paychecks in Budget Impasse, Great American Songwriters & their Songs, Kaboom!, The Flushing Remonstrance, Revolutionary War Blindspot

7/2/2009

Marines Storm into Southern Afghanistan, America: The Untold Story, Sports with Bill Littlefield, Energy Secretary Profile, Singer-Songwriter Freedy Johnston

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Grilling with Kathy Gunst

Grilling is not only an American phenomenon, it’s a global one.

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Iranian Clerics and Political Leaders

A who’s who of Iranian clerics and political leaders.

(Thursday, June 25, 2009)

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Robin’s Recommendations

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