December 10, 2011

Saturday's Show

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Environment

Climate Talks Go Longer Than Expected

4:04
 

Environment

Climate Strategists: Focus On Forests To Cut Emissions

4:24
 

Simon Says

Laura Nyro's Lasting, Eclectic Musical Legacy

2:59
 

Economy

Alternate Routes To One Goal: Tax The Wealthy

4:36

by Joel Rose

 

Save The Country Laura Nyro 0:50

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And When I Die Cam Waters 0:59

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Politics

The Partisan Fight Over Consumer Protection

3:58
 

Hard Times: A Journey Across America

Latinos Get Little Thanks For Rebuilding New Orleans

5:45
 

From Our Listeners

Your Letters: Traffic Signs And Front-Runners

3:00
 

Guero Bounce Galactic 0:21

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Technology

Libraries Make Room For 'Hackerspaces'

4:54

by Jon Kalish

 

Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [Gigue] Zuill Bailey 0:29

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Author Interviews

Desai's 'Disappearance': Three Tales Of Art And Time

7:06

by NPR Staff

 

Music Interviews

Classical Contemporaries Perform With A Ghost

5:49

by NPR Staff

 

Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski) [Jota] Zuill Bailey 0:30

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Robin's Nest Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis 0:56

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Europe

Will The EU's All-Nighter Save The Euro?

3:38
 

Europe

This Time, Germany's Rise Doesn't Worry The French

4:05
 

Space

Newly Discovered Black Holes Are Largest So Far

3:46
 

Flight of the Bumblebee Bobby McFerrin & Yo-Yo Ma 0:35

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Election 2012

N.H. Tea Partiers Weigh Their Remaining Choices

4:14
 

Election 2012

How Religious Conservatives Shape The GOP Race

4:23
 

Governing

'We The People': Reconstituting The Constitution

5:42
 

Shaker Loops, for 7 strings or string orchestra [Shaking and Trembling] Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams (conductor) 0:04

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Around the Nation

Oldest Black Church Open After Six-Year Restoration

3:00
 

In a Sentimental Mood Rod McGaha 0:15

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Sidestep Robin Thicke 0:30

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Sports

Sports: Money Talks, Big Stars Walk

4:25
 

Around the Nation

Horror For The Holidays: Meet The Anti-Santa

3:43

by Peter Crimmins

 

Music Interviews

A Jazz Pianist Gets His Big Break — At Age 85

9:42

by NPR Staff

 

Set a Place for Me Guy Davis 0:59

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Europe

Thousands Protest Alleged Election Fraud In Russia

3:16
 

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