January 6, 2013

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It's All Politics

Former Sen. Scott Brown May Be Eyeing Quick Return To Washington

4:14

by Curt Nickisch

 

Politics

Seeing The House Through Freshmen Eyes

5:25
 

Politics

Rebel Republicans Tried To Send Boehner A Message

1:51
 

Horizon The Drift 0:20

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Trap Door Jake One & MF Doom 0:58

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Latin America

What If Chavez Doesn't Show?

4:00
 

Shots - Health News

Mexico Aims To Save Babies And Moms With Modern Midwifery

4:56
 

Media

Al-Jazeera Expands Its American Purview With Current TV

5:23
 

Elektra Bregenz Tosca 0:37

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Movies

Film Flubs In 2012: A List Of Inconsistencies

3:01
 

Opening: The End The Doors 0:06

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String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 [Maestoso; Allegro] Tokyo String Quartet 0:06

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Sunday Puzzle

Scrambling To Ring In The New Year

6:29
 

Performing Arts

A Way Without Words: Mummenschanz Mimes Celebrate 40

5:45

by Andrea Shea

 

Music Interviews

Antibalas: Cooking Up Afrobeat In A Sweltering Kitchen

5:36

by NPR Staff

 

Him Belly No Go Sweet Antibalas 0:30

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Middle East

Assad's Speech In Syria Includes Familiar Rhetoric

3:32
 

Middle East

After Assad's Speech, What's The Roadmap For Syria?

3:20
 

Social Entrepreneurs: Taking On World Problems

After Fighting To Go To School, A Pakistani Woman Builds Her Own

4:38
 

Instrumental Emily Wells 0:41

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Lapland Ratatat 0:58

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U.S.

Without Broader Action, Conn. Town Writes Its Own Gun Laws

3:57

by Jeff Cohen

 

Around the Nation

How A Community Created A Garden From Sadness

3:07
 

Strange News

It Would Take Way More Seagulls To Lift James' Peach

0:58
 

Books

'The Great Agnostic': Giving Up Politics To Preach Against Religion

6:17

by NPR Staff

 

Prehensile Dream The Bad Plus 0:09

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Books

For 'Wheel Of Time' Fans, The Last Battle Is At Hand

3:00
 

Rand's Theme (Fanfare for the Dragon Reborn) Robert Berry 0:10

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Roads Become Rivers Rothko 0:28

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Sports

A Lesson In Coaching: Which Football Tactics Work

5:13
 

Author Interviews

Kids Rule In The Land Of 'Hokey Pokey'

6:30

by NPR Staff

 

Music Interviews

The Voice Of 'Schoolhouse Rock' On The Series At 40

6:06

by NPR Staff

 

Preamble Schoolhouse Rock & Lynn Ahrens 1:24

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