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March 31, 2011 • The Chicago Housing Authority began demolishing the lone-standing high rise at the Cabrini-Green housing project. Originally perceived as a sensible move in housing the urban poor, it was later derided as public housing's number one failure.

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March 31st Show

by Gwen Outen

March 31, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, preparing for the unimaginable, and criticism over coverage of an alleged sexual assault. In the second hour, paying for college, and guitarist Joe Robinson.

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Is A Good Whale Really That Hard to Find?

by Priska Neely

March 30, 2011 • I have always loved orcas and preferred to call them that rather than killer whales. But SeaWorld's killer whale Tilikum actually lives up to the name. And now he's being put back in the tank to perform at SeaWorld's Orlando.

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March 30th Show

by Gwen Outen

March 30, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the political junkie, and Arab-Israeli conflict. In the second hour, when is a revolution a revolution?, and exiled dictators.

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City Love, In Times Of Disaster

by John Asante

March 29, 2011 • For some reason — whether an attraction, or cultural tidbit — many people fall in love with cities. In a recent piece for Newsweek, writer Junot Diaz talks about his utter fascination with Tokyo, and says that to love a city relates to who you were when you fell in love with it.

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March 29th show

by Gwen Outen

March 29, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, reaction to President Obama's speech, and Japan's nuclear crisis. In the second hour, the author of Less Than Human, and the costs of small classroom sizes.

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How To Escape An Awkward Conversation

by Scott Cameron

March 28, 2011 • Small talk is often what makes the world go round. But there's a fine line between detached banter and a conversational nightmare. Joe Berkowitz offers a cheat sheet of various scenarios and how to escape most conversations.

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Pictures Speak Louder Than Numbers

by Priska Neely

March 28, 2011 • The latest census figures show that Detroit's population has dropped 25 percent over the past ten years. That means one person left the city every 22 minutes for the past decade. The most astounding evidence of the change can be found in photos.

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March 28th Show

by Gwen Outen

March 28, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Obama's upcoming speech on Libya, and the opinion page on the violence between Hamas and Israel. In the second hour, the spirit of Japan, and was TARP a success?

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Women, Old Before Their Time

by Sarah Handel

March 28, 2011 • A funeral company in the UK conducted a survey, and found it seems it's true that "you're only as old as you feel," and for women, that means getting old way before their time. Men, meanwhile, don't feel over the hill till much later.

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Nickelodeon Brings Back The '90s

by Colin Campbell

March 25, 2011 • Earlier this month, Entertainment Weekly broke news that TeenNick — an offshoot of the much-loved childhood network Nickelodeon — will be bringing back popular Nickelodeon shows from the early 1990s. Colin Campbell is stoked.

Farewell, First Spelling C-h-a-m-p-i-o-n

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Farewell, First Spelling C-h-a-m-p-i-o-n

by John Asante

March 25, 2011 • Out of all the televised, grade school-aged events, The Scripps National Spelling Bee might be the quirkiest of them all. Earlier this month, the event lost its unofficial patron saint, Frank Neuhauser. John Asante reflects on the evolution of the event.

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Embarking On A New Program, Eh?

by Peter Granitz

March 24, 2011 • Yale Law School may be deemed progressive in more than one way now. The school unrolled plans to help students combat stress with thirty minute consultations in the library ... with a bull dog named Monty.

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March 24th Show

by Gwen Outen

March 24, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the secrets of longevity, and the state of black marriage. In the second hour, imagining the U.S. without nuclear power, and escalating protests in Yemen.

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I Wish I Could Just Throw Chairs At Stuff

by Priska Neely

March 23, 2011 • Children can throw tantrums to get their way and apparently celebrities can too. Yesterday, Chris Brown got upset during an interview on "Good Morning America" and later threw a chair out of his dressing room. Why can't I do that?

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Thursday March 31, 2011

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Hypothesis Proved?

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March 31st Show

Wednesday March 30, 2011

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Is A Good Whale Really That Hard to Find?

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March 30th Show

Tuesday March 29, 2011

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City Love, In Times Of Disaster

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March 29th show

Monday March 28, 2011

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How To Escape An Awkward Conversation

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Pictures Speak Louder Than Numbers

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March 28th Show

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Women, Old Before Their Time

Friday March 25, 2011

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Nickelodeon Brings Back The '90s

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Farewell, First Spelling C-h-a-m-p-i-o-n

Thursday March 24, 2011

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Embarking On A New Program, Eh?

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March 24th Show

Wednesday March 23, 2011

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I Wish I Could Just Throw Chairs At Stuff