November 17, 2012

Saturday's Show

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Economy

Solving Fiscal Cliff Math Might Come Down To Two

4:10
 

Planet Money

A Sequester Is A 'Jelly-Like Mass,' And Other Notes On Fiscal-Cliff Jargon

4:16
 

Simon Says

If The Pretzel Chicken Isn't Awesome, Why Review It?

3:02
 

Eat It Weird Al Yankovic 0:34

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Billie Jean I Am Lovedrug 0:58

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Middle East

Hamas Remains Defiant As Fighting Escalates

 

Middle East

Renewed Violence In Gaza A Test For New Leaders

 

Author Interviews

What Makes A City 'Walkable' And Why It Matters

6:27

by NPR Staff

 

Walk, Don't Run The Ventures 0:24

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Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond

Sandy Made Taking Out Garbage In N.Y. More Heroic

3:00

by Kathleen Horan

 

Beijing Michael Brook 0:30

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Author Interviews

'The Lawgiver': Telling Moses' Story, Differently

6:35
 

Remembrances

Valerie Eliot Helped Shape A Writing Legend's Legacy

1:51
 

Movie Interviews

Tom Stoppard, On Adapting 'Anna' And Defining Love

9:22

by NPR Staff

 

Curtain Dario Marianelli 0:18

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Unavoidable Dario Marianelli 1:27

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National Security

After Benghazi Hearings, Flurry Of Concern Unsettled

4:15
 

Politics

Secretary Of State Speculation Turns Up Heat On Rice

3:14
 

U.S.

FBI And Petraeus Affair: Back The 'Bad Old Days'?

4:01
 

Waltz from Woman of Tokyo Horvitz, Wayne And Sweeter Than The Day 0:29

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We Never Met Horvitz, Wayne And Sweeter Than The Day 1:00

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Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond

Sandy Reveals Long Island Utility's 'Boondoggle' Past

5:46

by Steve Henn

 

Movies

Christopher Plummer: One Great Actor Plays Another

8:33

by NPR Staff

 

Edelweiss Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer 0:27

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Food

For Calif. Family, It's Not Thanksgiving Without Rice

3:00

by Lisa Morehouse

 

Beer for My Horses Toby Keith & Willie Nelson 0:30

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Sports

A Peek At Basketball, How Head Trauma In The NFL

5:04
 

Sports

Online Courses Keep Grades Up, Athletes In Play

3:53
 

Music Interviews

Vintage Trouble: Rock 'N' Roll Finds Its Soul

8:47

by NPR Staff

 

Nancy Lee Vintage Trouble 0:15

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Quadrophenia The Who 1:26

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