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June 11, 2007
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No Confidence in Gonzales?

Host Robin Young speaks with Rick Klein of ABC News about the controversy that continues to swirl around the attorney general and the status of a no-confidence vote.

Futurist Andrew Zolli’s View of the World

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The futurist uses demographic information to advise companies on how to stay a step ahead of future trends. Robin Young talks with Zolli about some of his predictions for the next decades and beyond.

Extraordinary Rendition

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Listen to a conversation with Jerome Taylor of The Independent about extraordinary renditions. Last week, 25 CIA agents and one military officer went on trail in Italy for the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric.

Ciao, Sopranos!

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After keeping America enthralled for 86 episodes, HBO’s hit series, “The Sopranos,” signs off with a bang, or a whimper, depending on whom you ask. Robin Young parses the last episode with Bob Thompson, professor of media criticism at Syracuse University.

“Stroke of Genius”

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Dan Mountain was a successful ad executive when he suffered a stroke, a three week coma, and was given up for dead. But he emerged, and what he spoke inspired his friend musician Marc Black to set Dan’s words to music.

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