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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Sports

A Shifting Tide For Gay Athletes In Professional Sports?

29:25
 

Around the Nation

Drones Come Home, Privacy Concerns Fly High

30:17
 

From Our Listeners

Letters: Minimum Wage, Telecommuting, Short Poems

3:00
 

Monkey See

Are Romantic Comedies Dead?

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby.

March 5, 2013 There have been quite a number of death notices for romantic comedies issued recently. Can anything save the date movie?

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Monday, March 04, 2013

The Picture Show

Asylum Suitcases, Found And Photographed

Freda Bowker suitcase, part of the New York State Museum collection of suitcases from the Willard Asylum

March 4, 2013 A photographer peers into the past — and into old suitcases from an abandoned asylum.

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Economy

State Of Emergency: Cities In Financial Crisis

30:17
 

The Opinion Page

Op-Ed: There's An App For Everything, And That's A Problem

16:53
 

The Papal Succession

The Papal Conclave And The Future Of The Catholic Church

29:16
 
Friday, March 01, 2013

Space

A Natural Particle Accelerator, Far Above The Planet

13:48
 

Interviews

Robert Langer, Father Of Invention

22:22
 

The Sequester: Cuts And Consequences

Mapping The Effects Of The Sequester On Science

9:21
 

Food

Seeking A Grain Of Truth In "Whole Grain" Labels

25:14
 

U.S.

Talking Science With The House Committee Chair

6:33
 

Music

Rap Nerdy To Me

17:49
 
Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Sequester: Cuts And Consequences

On Heels Of Sequestration, The Business Of Spending Cuts

30:20
 

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