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Show archive for April, 2008

Economy; McCain; The Candidate and the Reverend; Baseball’s Greatest Hit

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Bush Press Conference; Diabetes and African American Kids; Runner with Prosthetic Legs; Anne Sofie von Otter

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Indiana Photo ID; Reverend Jeremiah Wright; Panama Canal; My Space Art; Kurt Vonnegut

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Rev. Wright; “Second Skin”; Measuring the Economy; Listener Letters; Atheist Rocker

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Nuclear Site Videotape; Life Expectancy And Women’s Health; Blackwater; Rice Rationing; A Night At The Opera

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Petraeus Destined for CentCom; Slavery; Pennsylvania Primary; Undecided Superdelegates; Last Days of the Rickshaws

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Pennsylvania Votes; The Pentagon’s Hidden Hand; Human Rights in Afghanistan; I-Phones for Students; “Monique and the Mango Rains”

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Politics; Wiretapping and More; Food Prices; Paul Revere’s Ride; The Boston Marathon

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Veterans’ Suffering; Dirty Tricks in Presidential Campaigns; Polygamist Wife; Matzoh Marathon; Poetry Everywhere

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Iraq Violence; Debate in the Keystone State; American Catholics; The Week in Sports; Deranged Chic

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Death Penalty Case; Electronic Waste; Virginia Tech One Year On; Democrats Debate; “Unaccustomed Earth”

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Airline Merger; Papal Visit; Polygamist Ranch Raid; Girls and Sports Injuries; A History of Jazz

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Obama Flap; Housing Help; Robots and Roadside Bombs; Living the Slow Life; Bipolar Disorder

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Report: Administration Vetted Interrogation Techniques; Olympic Torch Controversy; “Body of War”; Tax Tips; Asha Bhosle

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Troop Deployments; The Dalai Lama; Airline Woes; Only A Game; Lazy Lester

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Olympic Torch Troubles; Pay Day Lenders; Andrew Bacevich on Iraq; Tarawa; Stolen Childhoods

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Iraq Hearings; Iraq Hearing Analysis; The Office in Real Life; Arizona Moves to Leave NCLB Behind; The B-52s are Back

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Olympic Torch Relay; Biracial America; Zimbabwe Elections; Provencal Singers; Double Exposure

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Zimbabwe; Garbage; Bush-Putin Meeting; Peace Symbol; MLK and Boston, 1968

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Airline Safety; The Presidential Race; Green Collar Jobs; This Week in Sports; “Shine A Light”

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Zimbabwe Update; Martin Luther King; Training for Beijing; Internet Hoaxes; Listener Letters; Iceland Food Fest

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Congress Back in Session; Iraq; Foreign Workers Stay at Home; Trucker’s Protest; Secret Patches

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