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Health Care

Kathryn Bigelow with the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture (AP)

Mandating Health Care Hitch, Regulating The Financial Industry, Paul Farmer On Haiti, Iraq Elections, Saving Energy, Kathryn Bigelow

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Daniel Ellsberg, 78, at a movie event in Sept. 2009 (AP)

Hurdles For Health Care, A New Push To Regulate Wall Street, High-Stakes Iraqi Elections, An Update From Earthquake-Stricken Chile, Daniel Ellsberg Documentary “The Most Dangerous Man In America”

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Dick Button skates during a practice session at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland

What Will The Health Care Summit Produce?, Is Temple Grandin Changing How Animals Are Treated?, The Case Against Amy Bishop, Force Feeding and the Doctor’s Dilemma, Listener Letters, Dick Button on Olympic Skating

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Toyota CEO Before Congress, Health Care Check-Up, Wyoming Considers A “Cowboy Code, Rebuilding In Haiti, Good Greens and Long Fairways

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Lay Low, 2007. (Arnar Ómarsson)

Health Care, Again, ‘Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows’, More Questions For Toyota, Olympics Update, Florida Woman Fights Court Order For Bed Rest While Pregnant, Iceland’s Patsy Cline Reflects On Finding Country Music

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A woman cries as she sings at the Haitian Church of the Nazarene in Boston yesterday (Andrew Phelps/WBUR)

Massachusetts Senate Race, Scrambling for Health Care Reform, Is the Fairness Doctrine Ancient History, Haitians Wait for Word in Boston, Positive Outlook Among Black Americans, Hurt Locker

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Health Care Reform Passes in the Senate, Searching for Balance in Religion, The Trial Of Major Hasan, Feliz Navidad in Barcelona, Cookbooks for The Cooks on Your List

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David Leonhardt on What’s Missing in the Health Care Debate, Cyber Monday, Toy Makers, A Film Score without the Film

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Holy War with Health Care?, Teaching Hope, Texas Execution, Another Army Murder Spree, Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman

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Fort Hood Update, Buying and Selling Carbon Offsets, Last Words, Health Care & Abortion, Woman Saved in Subway Station, The Man Behind the Bird

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Healthcare in Congress, Journalist Michael Goldfarb, Japan’s Lost Generation, Medical Marijuana Business Booming in CA, The Prisoner Returns

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9/11-Linked Passport Discovered in Pakistan, Rosanne Cash and ‘The List’, Afghanistan, Biotech Companies and Health Care Reform, Letters, The Death of Edgar Allen Poe

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Afghanistan, A Medicare Primer, World Series, Civil Commitment, The Tree That Time Built

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Wellness Programs and Health Care Reform, Credit Cards, Palo Alto Teen Suicides, Civil Commitment, The Salem-India Story

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Healthcare and Too Big To Fail, Plain English Campaign, Back to Srebrenica, Governor’s Races in New Jersey and Virginia, Patrick Watson and the Wooden Arms

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More Attacks in Pakistan, The Crisis in American Dental Health Care, Understanding the Markets, Five Farms, Part Four

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Senate Committee Votes on Healthcare, Republican Gomorrah, Children and Swine Flu, Five Farms, Part Two, On Broadway

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Health Insurers Say Reform Will Cost More, What does Starbucks Say about America?, Five Farms Preview, Five Farms, Part One, Jack Kerouac’s ‘Big Sur’

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Health Care Debate in Congress, Accused Terrorist Zazi Pleads Not Guilty, Chicago School Violence, President Considers Path Forward in Afghanistan

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Swine Flu Tents, High Stakes for Women in the Health Care Debate, The Week Ahead for the Obama Administration, Stream Rehab, Sports Conspiracies

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Iran’s Secret, Terrorism Plots, How Do Retail Health Clinics Compare to Doctor’s Offices?, The G-20 Summit

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AIDS Research Latest, Medicaid and Healthcare Reform, Camp Bucca, Soldier’s Suicide Leaves Father Looking for Answers

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Lockerbie Convict Released, Healthcare Reform Opponents, The Uninsured Congressman, New Credit Card Regulations, Seeding Clouds to Make Rain, Should ‘Beanballs’ be Banned?, Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Hunts Down Oddities

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Afghanistan Elections, Do Doctors Make Good Authors?, Choosing Silence, Seniors and Health Care Reform, From Mao to the Met

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Health Care, Dead Soldier Return to U.K., Lahore Responds to Taliban.

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The Cleveland Clinic and Healthcare Reform, Higher Ed. as the Petrified Forest?, Radio Science Orchestra, What Matters Most in Healthcare?, Healthy Food Music For Kids

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The Health Insurance Industry and Reform, Surgical Errors at Philadelphia’s Veterans Hospital, Remembering Spc. James Wertish, Aung San Suu Kyi, Author Kate Walbert

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RECENT SHOWS
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" star Zachary Gordon attends a special screening earlier this month (AP/StarPix)

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Colleen LaRose, the self-described "Jihad Jane," faces terrorism charges in Pensylvania (AP/SITE Intelligence Group)

Jihad Jane Under Scrutiny, Inside The Magazine Industry With “Mr. Magazine”, School Closings In Kansas City?, The Latest From Israel, Ella Fitzgerald At “The Crescendo”

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RECENT STORIES

The DIY movement is moving mainstream. Check out projects ranging from swimming pools made from dumpsters and bicycles built from bamboo.

(Friday, March 12, 2010)
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The mother of one of our colleagues Stef Kotsonis died late last year at age 77. In eulogizing his mom, Helen Panopalis Kotsonis, Stef remarked on one thread of her life that involved a woman named Masha Leon, and led us to a remarkable story that begins with the Holocaust and ends with a gift [...]

(Friday, March 5, 2010)
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NOTES & UPDATES

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

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

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