New Book Takes Fictional Look at Pompeii November 16, 2003 NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with novelist Robert Harris about his new novel Pompeii, a fictional account of the people of that famous town just before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The main character is an engineer working on a major aqueduct in the region. New Book Takes Fictional Look at Pompeii Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508785/1508786" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Serbia Fails to Elect New President November 16, 2003 For the third time in a row, Serbia's presidential election is declared invalid as fewer than 50 percent of voters turn out. The Balkan republic has been without an elected head of state since late last year, when the previous president surrendered to the war crimes tribunal in the Hague. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with journalist Misha Glenny about the state of democracy in Serbia. Serbia Fails to Elect New President Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508781/1508782" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Sen. Hagel on Iraq November 16, 2003 NPR's Linda Wertheimer sums up the news of the day from Iraq and interviews Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a Republican critic of the Bush administration's Iraq policy. Sen. Hagel on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508779/1508780" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Letters November 16, 2003 NPR's Linda Wertheimer reads from your recent letters to us, including reaction to our interview with Sen. Zell Miller and Steve Inskeep's newest addition to his wardrobe -- a skirt. Letters Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508777/1508778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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States Canceling Presidential Primaries November 16, 2003 NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports that many states across the nation are canceling presidential primaries. She speaks with Washington state Gov. Gary Locke about his state's decision not to hold a primary election this year. Wertheimer also talks with Donald Dunn, the Democratic party chairman in Utah, a state where the party decided to finance its primary after the Republican-dominated state legislature canceled the vote. States Canceling Presidential Primaries Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508775/1508776" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Red Rose Girls November 16, 2003 NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Alice Carter, curator of a new exhibit at The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, about an unconventional trio of female artists who worked and lived together at the turn of the 20th century. Carter is also author of a book on the women. View a photo gallery. The Red Rose Girls Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1507247/1508802" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Arts & Life French Opera 'La Juive' Finds New Currency November 15, 2003 The Metropolitan Opera has revived La Juive, a 19th century French opera about religious persecution. Enrico Caruso once filled the lead tenor's role in the work by Jacques Fromenthal-Halevy. The new tenor star is Neil Shicoff, who speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer. French Opera 'La Juive' Finds New Currency Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508300/1508301" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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First Dance at Wheaton College November 15, 2003 Student Bethany Jones helped organize the first dance in Wheaton College's 143-year history. The small non-denominational college changed its rules earlier this year to allow dancing. Jones talks to NPR's Linda Wertheimer. First Dance at Wheaton College Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508298/1508299" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National Sept. 11 Panel Strikes Deal with White House November 15, 2003 The bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks reaches a deal to gain access to classified White House briefings. But limits on the access have prompted protests from some Democrats on the commission. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean, chairman of the panel. Sept. 11 Panel Strikes Deal with White House Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508295/1508296" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National GOP Drafts Energy Bill November 15, 2003 Republicans in Congress reach agreement on a major energy bill. If adopted, it would be the most sweeping change in the nation's energy policy in a decade. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Christopher Joyce. Details of GOP Energy Bill Emerge Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508293/1508294" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Iraq and the Polls November 15, 2003 Are U.S. domestic politics, and the prospect of the 2004 presidential vote, driving the Bush administration's Iraq policy? NPR's Linda Wertheimer examines the question with pollster Andrew Kohut of the Pew Center for People and Policy and with Steve Weisman, chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times. Iraq and the Polls Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1508285/1508286" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Experts Debate Impact of Election Day Abstainers November 5, 2003 Many critics of the American electoral system focus on the nation's low Election Day turnout, a rate lower here than elsewhere in the free world. Some are now arguing about how big a problem voluntary non-participation poses, and what difference it would make if more people voted. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports, as our series Whose Democracy Is It? continues. Experts Debate Impact of Election Day Abstainers Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1493747/1493748" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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TV Season October 5, 2003 Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks to Matt Roush, senior critic for TV Guide, about the winners and losers in the new television season. Some of the new shows they discuss include Joan of Arcadia, Cold Case and Coupling. TV Season Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1455813/1455814" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Listener Letters October 5, 2003 Guest host Linda Wertheimer reads from listener comments. Listener Letters Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1455811/1455812" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National Snapshot: What Americans Think About Bush October 5, 2003 A new poll indicates confidence in President Bush is slipping. Last winter, NPR's Linda Wertheimer gauged the opinion of people living in St. Charles, Missouri, on the eve of the war in Iraq. She recently went back to see what those folks are thinking. Wertheimer reports on her findings. Snapshot: What Americans Think About Bush Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1455805/1455806" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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