Show archive for May, 2009

General Motors Europe, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ Revisited, President Obama Announces ‘Cyber Czar’ Position, More Countries Use Internet Censorship, News-ical

Suicides at Fort Campbell, Mental Health Help from the Army, Caught on Tape, No More Engine Idling, Bad Parenting, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

G.M. Moves to Join Chrysler in Bankruptcy Court, Judge Sotomayor, Future of Work, Burmese Democracy Leader on Trail, From Cages to Conservation, Enlighten Up!

Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, North Korea Nukes–Again, From Cages to Conservation, Clowns for Haiti and Beyond

A group calling itself “Clowns Without Borders” travels the world to perform where regular circuses do not go.

Memorial Day, Cowboy Churches, Steve Brill on the News Business, The Story Behind Lili Marlene

New York Terror Plot, Remembering Tiananmen Square, Fleeing Chemotherapy, Wolfram Alpha, James Isaacs

Guantanamo Detainees, Riverdale Terror Plot Foiled, Owners of Blighted Properties Face Criminal Penalties in Indio, California, Tracking Swine Flu, All “A”s

Capitol Hill Update, Pakistan, Captain Kirk’s Chair, Remembering Charles Keith Springle, Extra Golden

Credit Card Legislation, Crisis in Higher Education, A Creative Job Search, Indonesia, Reif Larsen

Rumsfeld Memos, Financial Advice for Recent Grads, Sri Lanka’s Civil War: Is It Really Over?, Netanyahu in Washington, Paul Potts

After much response from listeners, we have more information about English professor Robert Manson Myers’ new book, “Ars Amatoria,” that contains only words that begin with the letter “A.”

Obama to Revive Military Tribunals, Steve Earle, Larry Bird on Basketball, The Effects of Verbal Fighting on Kids, Letters, Diaghilev Anniversary

A Who’s Who of American Military Leaders, Are Commuter Planes Safe?, India’s Election, The Inventor of the Klingon Language

Torture, Quality of Death, Driving while Texting, Can Microfinance End Poverty in Africa?, Hill Country Revue

Breakthrough in Sub-prime Mortgage Relief, What is a Cosmic War?, Remembering China’s Earthquake, Obama at Notre Dame

Journalist Roxana Saberi Freed, ‘Waiting for Armageddon’ Film, Can Healthcare Costs Be Cut?, No Escaping Commercials, The Quirky Quay Brothers

A new exhibit looks at the puppets, dolls and debris that populate the animated films of brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay.

Unemployment and Community Colleges, Overeating, the Food Industry, and the Human Brain, Israeli Catholics, Robotic Drone Aircrafts, Remembering Dom Dimaggio

Pakistan and Afghanistan, The Du Bois Society, Bank Stress Tests, Listener Letters, Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Unaccustomed Earth”

The Future of Journalism, How Serious is the Swine Flu?, Doctors Without Borders, The Edwards Affair, Chuck Palahniuk’s “Pygmy”

Securing Pakistan’s Nukes, The Road Ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, All Female Ant Species, Underwater Robot Undertakes Atlantic Mission, Allegra Huston

Banks, Taxes, and the Economy, Swine Flu Update, Boston Globe, Craigslist and Law Enforcement, Julian Lage

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, President Obama and the Supreme Court, And They’re Off, Shanghai Barbie, Synesthesia