June 2, 2012

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Politics

Fingers Point As Job Numbers Fall

4:28
 

Economy

Europe's Debt Weighs On U.S. Employers

4:21
 

Simon Says

Just Deserts Follow Attempted Pasty Tax

2:38
 

Revolution The Beatles 0:08

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Cry for a Shadow The Beatles 0:58

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Religion

Nuns Fight Back Against Vatican Report

3:33
 

Religion

Conspiracies Swirl As Vatican Scandal Engulfs Rome

4:27
 

Revolting Children Matilda 0:06

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London 2012: The Summer Olympics

London's Mayor On 'The City That Made The World'

6:13

by NPR Staff

 

Waterloo Sunset The Kinks 0:08

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Media

Britain's Ad Authority Releases Most-Hated List

3:00

by Vicki Barker

 

Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 0:17

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God Only Knows Beach Boys 0:17

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Humans

Ancient Suburb Near St. Louis Could Be Lost Forever

5:37

by Véronique LaCapra

 

Eskimo Kiss The Wave Pictures 0:05

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Sports

French Open Hasn't Been Great For Americans In Paris

4:26
 

Recóndita Armonia, for piano & string orchestra (also versions for piano quartet and piano quintet) [3. Allegro con brio] Jordi Masó, Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, Francesc Guillen (conductor) 0:11

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Deceptive Cadence

A Very Young Composer Gets His Chance At The N.Y. Phil

7:27
 

Revolting Children Matilda 0:29

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Three Cabinets of Wonder, concerto for violin & orchestra [1. Fanny's Brother] London Symphony Orchestra, Ira Levin (conductor) 1:27

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Middle East

Mubarak Convicted In Charges Of Protesters' Deaths

4:03
 

Middle East

As Killings Continue In Syria, A Look At UN's Role

3:11
 

Middle East

A Case For Military Intervention In Syria

4:26
 

Misage Le Trio Joubran 0:40

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Sama-Sounounou Le Trio Joubran 1:00

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National Security

'Flame' Virus Fuels Political Heat Over Cyber Threats

4:00
 

Business

Implications Of The Facebook Let-Down

4:11
 

Food

America's Gone Bananas: Here's How It Happened

6:08

by NPR Staff

 

Dubophone Erik Truffaz 0:15

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Europe

As Europe Goes, So Go Its Fake Monuments

3:00

by Lauren Frayer

 

Medley Around The British Isles London Festival Orchestra And The Band Of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards 0:17

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Elegy for an English Summer, for orchestra Orchestr Ceská Filharmonie, Robert Ian Winstin (conductor) 0:17

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Monkey See

For Impressionist Jim Meskimen, The Voice Is 'A Sample Of Who We Are'

8:03
 

Music Interviews

Kelly Hogan: Cashing In An Album's Worth Of Favors

9:46

by NPR Staff

 

Sleeper Awake Kelly Hogan 0:32

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Ain't That Peculiar Big John Patton 1:28

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