12.16.01
Sunday on Weekend All Things Considered: Have you had enough of the songs from Barney or Blue's Clues? Ralph Covert may be your man. He makes music for children that adults can also appreciate. And if you have a pet peeve about a misused phrase, language expert Richard Lederer can tell you whether you're feeling bad... or badly... about it all.

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12.15.01
They've been forging for almost 200 years at G. Krug & Son Ironworks in Baltimore. Join host Lisa Simeone as she visits the place where some of the best in an old tradition forge artfully crafted security gates and screens. Also, we check in with an American farmer as U.S. food exports set sail to Cuba for the first time in 40 years.

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12.09.01
One hundred years ago this week, an experiment by Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated that electromagnetic waves could carry sound across the Atlantic Ocean. Radio, TV, garage door openers and cell phones were sure to follow. Sunday on Weekend All Things Considered, host Lisa Simeone and science reporter Joe Palca help celebrate the birth of the wireless age.

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Vintage door lock design
Courtesy G. Krug & Son

The Art of Steel
In a nondescript brick building in an industrial part of Baltimore, Md., a family of metal workers help to preserve the waning art of decorative iron work. Weekend All Things Considered host Lisa Simeone visits the hot, chaotic foundry floor at G. Krug & Son to get a lesson in converting raw steel into art.
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First Moments in Radio
With just a kite, an antenna, a transmitter and an ocean, Guglielmo Marconi layed the foundations for radio by sending and detecting radio waves across the Atlantic. On Weekend All Things Considered, NPR's Joe Palca explains the science behind that first trans-Atlantic radio transmission.
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With This Ring
The diamond industry is facing hard times -- a looming recession, vaults full of gems, and med ia reports linking the diamond trade to African rebel armies. The industry is fighting back with ad campaigns touting the gem's priceless emotional value. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports for Weekend All Things Considered.
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America Responds
As the United States responds to the terrorist assault of Sept. 11, 2001, NPR News provides continuing coverage on the air and online.
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