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Congress

4/21/2009

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

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Elizabeth Warren on Compensation Limits

Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel Elizabeth Warren says she’s pleased to hear Obama’s announcement about cuts in executive pay at companies receiving bailout money.

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1/29/2009

Stimulus Plan, Peanut Butter and Salmonella, How are Rights Changing Under Obama?,Super Bowl 43, RPM Challenge

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1/16/2009

Washington Week, Johnny Lee Clary, Inaugural Poetry, Air Safety,” Big Love” Returns

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1/13/2009

Hillary Clinton Confirmation Hearing, Annals of Gullibility, 2009 Outdoor Stories, The Guy Who Announces the Inaugural Parade, Digital Music and the Record Industry

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1/6/2009

A New Congress Sworn in Today, The Internet and the Presidency, Service Animal Ban, Nantucket and Madoff, The Old Man and the Storm

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1/5/2009

The New Congress, Gaza, Congressional Ethics, Biking for Obama, Martin Ramirez

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RECENT SHOWS
3/18/2010
A humpback whale calf breaching in the Silver Banks Marine Sanctuary off the coast of the Dominican Republic. (Kike Calvo via AP Images)

Democrats Target Votes For Health Care Reform, Whale Tale Reveals How Pollution Disrupts Reproduction, Thousands Of Haitian Criminals Roam Free, Congress Aims To Reign In Credit Rating Agencies, “Silence of the Lambs” Director Films Real Lives

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3/17/2010
Jabbar Swaiyed, 72, and his wife look over a ballot before casting their vote in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city on March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Pres. Obama Looks To Re-write No Child Left Behind, Political Fortunes May Shift In Iraqi Vote Count, Butte, Mt. Celebrates Luck Of The Irish, Northern Ireland Is Still A Land Divided, Psychologist Says Evolution Helps Make Us Fat

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RECENT STORIES
‘Breaking Bad’ Gets Badder In Season Three
A pen-sketched portrait of Bryan Cranston's character, Walt White, appears in an eerie temple on AMC's "Breaking Bad."

The third season of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” finds Bryan Cranston’s Walt White delving deeper into the drug underworld.

(Friday, March 19, 2010)
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States That Never Made The Cut
Map of Texlahoma (Michael Trinklein)

Author Michael Trinklein’s maps of states that have been proposed over the years, but which never made it onto the official map of the United States.

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(Tuesday, March 16, 2010)
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NOTES & UPDATES
Welcome New Stations

Welcome to our newest listeners in Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, Morris, IL and Chesterton, IN! In the past few months we’ve been joined by new stations in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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Robin’s Recommendations

Some recent stories we thought you’d enjoy- from our conversation with oncologist Jerome Groopman about the status of the war on cancer, to accordion champion Cory Pesaturo.

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What’s on our Plate

Here & Now producers share their favorite music, books and websites.

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Book Picks for Young Readers

Looking for a book for the young person in your life? We share our favorites.

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