Toshiba today unveiled the new Dynapocket smartphone, available only in Japan.
What Can Your Cell Phone Do?
Talk of the Nation becomes Talk of the World, and today we'll talk to our listeners overseas about the savvy and creative ways they use their mobile phones... from writing a novel to fighting poverty to paying bills. We'll look at the advancements in cell phone technology that are happening internationally.
Confessions Of A Pot Smuggler
For Brian O'Dea, it began with marijuana, which lead to dealing and consuming LSD, methamphetamines, and cocaine. By the early 1980s, he had built a $100 million a year smuggling operation, and a cocaine addiction. Brian O'Dea will talk about giving up drugs, counseling addicts, serving ten years in prison and emerging sober... and changed. His book about his experience is entitled High.
Why Do We Need The Navy?
In an article published in the June issue of Proceedings Magazine, historian Barrett Tillman questions why we pay a high cost for funding the Navy when we hardly ever use it. Tillman will examine the question "Why do we need the Navy?" at the end of the second hour. His article is entitled, "Fear and Loathing in the Post-Naval Era."
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