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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia with writer Mohsin Hamid
GUEST: MOHSIN HAMID Pakistan-based writer MOHSIN HAMID’s latest book is “How to Get Filt ...
Air Date: March 6, 2013
ListenHour 1 Guests: Carol Rosenberg, Benjamin Wittes, David Frakt At least 31 prisoners at the ...
Air Date: March 1, 2013
Hour 2 GUESTS: RICHARD R. JOHN Will the mail continue to be important as Americans are more engaged in the ...
Air Date: February 26, 2013
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Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation
GUEST: WARD WILSON North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test last week, the same day President ...
Air Date: February 21, 2013
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Cybersecurity and the growing threats
Guests: SIOBHAN GORMAN, ALAN PALLER and JAMES LEWIS On Tuesday, President Obama signed ...
Air Date: February 14, 2013
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The Obama administration’s use of drones for targeted killings has been drawing increasing attention and criticism from some. In his ...
Air Date: February 8, 2013
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Al Gore on ‘The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change’
Former Vice President AL GORE has a new book out, inspired by his restless quest fo ...
Air Date: February 5, 2013
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Penn’s Eve Troutt Powell on ‘Tell This in My Memory’
Hour 2 What does the slave trade in North Africa of the late 19th Century have to tell us about the co ...
Air Date: January 30, 2013
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The ongoing threat of al-Qaeda
In her Congressional testimony last week regarding the attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, Hillary Clinton said that the recent ...
Air Date: January 29, 2013
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An end to the combat ban for women
Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that he was ending the military’s ban on women serving in combat positions. “Femal ...
Air Date: January 28, 2013
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Reflections on Haiti: Farewell, Fred Voodoo
GUEST: AMY WILENTZ It’s been three years since Haiti was rocked by the 2010 earthquake that has left the countr ...
Air Date: January 28, 2013
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Julie Otsuka-The Buddha in the Attic
Novelist JULIE OTSUKA didn’t dream of being a writer. She pursued fine ...
Air Date: January 25, 2013
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Will Obama’s second term change prospects for climate?
In his inaugural speech, President Obama made climate change a central priority of his second term: “We will respond to the threat of c ...
Air Date: January 24, 2013
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The Inauguration and Obama’s next term
Yesterday President Obama was sworn into his second term as commander in chief of the United States , something that has only happened ...
Air Date: January 22, 2013
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NPR’s Andy Carvin, a ‘Distant Witness’ via social media
The Arab Spring changed history, and changed the way breaking news is reported around the world and who controls the news. NPR social med ...
Air Date: January 22, 2013
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