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Arts & Life

Remaking 'The Ladykillers'

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell about the Coen brothers' remake of the comic 1955 film The Ladykillers. The original version starred Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers. The new film stars Tom Hanks.

Remaking 'The Ladykillers'

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Probing the Secrets of the Pyramid of the Sun

Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun is 2,000 years old and holds one of the great mysteries of the world. No one knows who built the awesome structure, or whether anyone is buried within it. Now physicists have joined the search for answers. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to physicist Arturo Menchaca about how the muon detector he's installing in the pyramid may help archaeologists.

Probing the Secrets of the Pyramid of the Sun

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Music Interviews

'Hope, Redemption & Glory' with Anonymous 4

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with the members of Anonymous 4 — an a cappella singing group — about their latest CD: American Angels: Songs of Hope, Redemption, & Glory. Unlike their earlier albums, this album focuses on 18th century American spirituals and shape-note music.

'Hope, Redemption & Glory' with Anonymous 4

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A Wedding Planner for the National Guard

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Merilyn Crain, a Louisiana woman who has spent the past three weeks putting together seven all-expenses-paid weddings for members of a National Guard unit that is on alert for deployment to Iraq.

A Wedding Planner for the National Guard

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National

Assessing Clarke's Testimony

NPR's Linda Wertheimer discusses the testimony of former Bush and Clinton administration counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke -- and other witnesses -- before the Sept. 11 commission. Guests are Vincent Cannistraro, a senior counter-terrorism official in the Reagan administration, and Daniel Benjamin, who directed counter-terrorism for the National Security Council under President Clinton.

Assessing Richard Clarke's Testimony

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'The Radioactive Boy Scout'

The Radioactive Boy Scout is the name of a new book by Ken Silverstein. It's about a boy who produced a nuclear reaction in his backyard potting shed as he sought a Boy Scout merit badge in atomic energy. NPR's Linda Wertheimer gets the story from the author.

'The Radioactive Boy Scout'

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Starbock Beer vs. Starbucks Coffee

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Texas bar owner Rex Bell, the creator of a new beer he would like to call Starbock beer. Bell says the name is a combination of two Texas favorites -- Lone Star beer and Shiner Bock beer. But Starbucks, the coffee company, is threatening Bell with legal action if he doesn't change the name.

Starbock Beer vs. Starbucks Coffee

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Calculating the Cost of War

How is the cost of war calculated? On the one year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq, NPR's Linda Wertheimer poses that question to Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, a strategic think tank in Washington, D.C.

Calculating the Cost of War

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