Show archive for April, 2009

Swine Flu Update, ‘The Sicario’ Speaks, Climate Change with NY Times Columnist Thomas Friedman, Student Financial Aid Deadline, Theater Director Diane Paulus

A conversation with Diane Paulus, director of the American Repertory Theater and the critically acclaimed revival of the musical “Hair.”

Swine Flu, The First 100 Days, Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka, Shabab, The Good News Network, Mormons and Young Adult Literature

School Nurses Respond to Swine Flu, Mexico Update, Swine Flu, A History Lesson, Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka, Green Jobs for Poor Communities, The Music of Cloistered Nuns

Swine Flu, Severance, Law Firms offer New Hires Stipends to do Public Service, Is Boeing Next?, China’s Gender Gap, Is There a Movie That Changed Your Life?

Iraq Bombings, The Face On Your Plate, Anne Frank’s Chestnut Tree, What Good are Economists?, Art Exhibit in Detroit

GM Factory Shutdowns, Slavery By Another Name, The Taliban in Pakistan, Familicides

A Mayor Eyes Green Jobs, Farming in the U.S.A., Christian Seders, The Democracy Index, Remembering Kurt Vonnegut

Congress Back in Session, A Conversation with Howard Dean, Arraignment in the ‘Craigslist Murder’ Case, Recession TV, Return to South Africa

Washington vs. the Credit Card Industry, Until It Hurts, A First in Turkey, Ten Years After Columbine, Boston Marathon

Torture Memos, Afghanistan, Booze Bus, Running Barefoot?, Roy Haynes Goes to Harvard

Foreclosure Crisis, Breastfeeding Debate, Internet Piracy on Trial, Islamic Banking, Wells Tower

Tax Day, The Relationship between Drug Companies and Doctors, Cuba, A Star is Born, Leon Kirchner

A Massachusetts audio engineer is restoring a rare collection of live country music recordings that turned up in a Pennsylvania barn.

Obama on the Economy, Independence or Marriage?, Remembering Harry Kalas and Mark Fidrych, Red Shirts vs. Yellow Shirts, Killer Whales, A Reel Find

The Future of International Piracy, Obama’s First Hundred Days, Bank Stress Tests, Postville, Iowa- One Year Later, Raymond Chandler

After our segment on Postville, we received an email from listener Sally Morrow Gomez who recently photographed parts of the town.

Italy Mourns, Pension Problems, Electronic Books, Good Friday Agreement, Angus and Julia Stone

Piracy on the High Seas, Tax Tips, China’s Safety Net, Trouble at the Times, Do Billboard Hits Reflect the Economy?

American Ship Hijacked, U.S. Civil-Military Relations, China’s Safety Net, Police Deaths, Libraries in Economic Downturns, The Sisters Antipodes

President Obama in Iraq, Friendly Fire, Earthquake in Italy, OCD of the Brain, Vegan Soul Food

Obama’s Economic Chief Ignored Market Warnings, Rabies Season, Massacre in Binghamton, Rainwater Harvesting in Colorado, Essential Pleasures

Fair or Foul?, Online Gambling Addiction, Madoff Laswuits, Sports and Your Letters, Neko Case

One of the two remaining telescopes that Galileo built in the 16th Century goes on display in Philadelphia.

A new book introduces us to the lives of independent loggers in New Hampshire. They’re called Brush Cats and it’s getting more and more difficult for them to make a living.

The G-20: What Does it Mean?, Thinking about Death, Money Quiz, Brush Cat, Looking Through the Lens of History

A visit with a variety of species- from the blue Poison Dart frog, to the Vietnamese Mossy Frog at Boston’s Museum of Science.

G-20 Protests, What Does Pakistan Want in Afghanistan?, Man v. Tiger, An Island for Abusive Priests?, Learning about Frogs