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1/28/2010
Author Howard Zinn at Emerson College in 2008 . (AP)

Big Proposals for Small Businesses, A Small Business Reflects on President’s Promises, Amid Economic Doom, Irish Emigrate Again, Amid Economic Doom, Irish Emigrate Again, Coming Soon to the U.S.–Scottish Haggis, Remembering Historian Howard Zinn

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1/13/2010

Bankers Scrutinized Over Financial Meltdown, Aid Organizations and Haitian-Americans Mobilize Resources for Earthquake Recovery, New Poll Finds Afghans More Optimistic about Country, Personal Scandals Rock Politics in Northern Ireland

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12/29/2009

Year in Review with Joe Klein, Revolutionary Ebrahim Yazdi’s Detention in Iran, The Irish Economy, A Young Man Joins the Army and Grows Up, The Economy in Cartoons

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4/10/2009

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

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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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‘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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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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