False Alarms in Aviation

We explore how the airline industry is dealing with the fallout from the latest stream of false security alarms.

Homework and Learning

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Education researcher Alfie Kohn says there’s no evidence that homework helps kids learn.

Impeaching the President

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Journalist Dave Lindorff says impeachment resolutions will be introduced if Democrats win control of Congress.

Listener Letters

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Singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot

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Her name is not easy to pronounce but it might be a name to remember.

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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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(Thursday, June 25, 2009)

NOTES & UPDATES

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Here and Now Welcomes the BBC!

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