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Tuesday May 31, 2011

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May 31st: What's On Today's Show

by Gwen Outen

May 31, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the process of transforming an institution, and the burden of being voted "most likely to succeed." In our second hour, Ellis Cose on his book, The End of Anger, and details of Air France Flight 447 crash.

Monday May 30, 2011

May 30th: What's On Today's Show

Edna Ledford Proctor, seated, and family decorate Ledford graves, Cochran Cemetery, Swain Co., NC, June 2, 2007. In today's second hour, host Neal Conan will talk with listeners about how they remember on Memorial Day. Karen Singer Jabbour hide caption

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May 30th: What's On Today's Show

by Gwen Outen

May 30, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Iraq update, the opinion page, and President Obama honors America's fallen service members. In our second hour, Memorial Day remembrances, and the popularity of the verb "run".

Sunday May 29, 2011

Really, Don't Believe Everything You Read

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Really, Don't Believe Everything You Read

by John Asante

May 29, 2011 • Articles from the satirical weekly publication The Onion have some believing that everything they publish is the whole truth. A new Tumblr blog called "Literally Unbelievable" culls angry Facebook posts from people taking satire at face value.

Thursday May 26, 2011

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51st Place!

by Peter Granitz

May 26, 2011 • Washington, D.C. took dead last — 51st place — in an insurance company's report of drivers' fitness for the road. It looked at every state, and the one District, and ranked them by score and percentage passed.

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May 26th Show

by Gwen Outen

May 26, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Arab Spring, Israel and the peace process, and reduction in California's prison population. In our second hour, the art and business of audio books, and Gen. Ratko Mladic's arrest.

Wednesday May 25, 2011

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May 25th Show

by Gwen Outen

May 25, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation: political junkie Ken Rudin on the week in politics, and two U.S. reporters who were detained in Libya share their story. In the second hour, was the auto industry bailout worth the cost, and the issue of homophobia in pro sports.

Tuesday May 24, 2011

To Treat Or Not To Treat, At 30,000 Feet?

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To Treat Or Not To Treat, At 30,000 Feet?

by John Asante

May 24, 2011 • When an in-flight emergency occurs, the doctors on board — if there are any — are at a crossroads. An article in The New York Times addresses the problem: while other people want them to treat the ailing passenger, the situation may be outside of their specific fields.

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Back In The USSR

by Peter Granitz

May 24, 2011 • The countries moving toward democracy in the Arab world have much in common with the former Soviet bloc countries twenty years ago. A new documentary, My Perestroika, follows five kids through their childhoods, which coincided with the end of communism.

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May 24th Show

by Gwen Outen

May 24, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the debate over voter ID laws, and what happens when you're sentenced to John School. In the second hour the role of political spouses and your emails and web comments.

Monday May 23, 2011

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Collecting The Best Ways To Die

by Sarah Handel

May 23, 2011 • It's not a story infrequently told, but it never fails to catch my eye: the trials and tribulations of working the obituary beat. Susan McCarty writes about working the death desk at a regional paper in Iowa.

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May 23rd Show

by Gwen Outen

May 23, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, reporting the Arab Spring, and drawing the line between sex, power and consent. In the second hour, PBS host Bill Moyers, and cleaning up after a tornado.

Sunday May 22, 2011

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Life, Photographed Through Filters From The Past

by Sarah Handel

May 22, 2011 • What's with the craze for digital photographs filtered with faux-vintage effects? Nathan Jurgenson, in the midst of his dissertation on social media and self-documentation, digs into our modern obsession.

Thursday May 19, 2011

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Planets Without Parents, Runnin' Wild

by Priska Neely

May 19, 2011 • A study in the latest issue of the journal Nature, has found there may be 10 Jupiter-sized planets floating around out there without a parent star. This makes my world feel even smaller.

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May 19th Show

by Gwen Outen

May 19, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Obama's Middle East speech, talking to kids about money, and the red-crested tree rat. In the second hour, the importance of a good bedside manner, and Oprah's legacy.

Wednesday May 18, 2011

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May 18th Show

by Gwen Outen

May 18, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the political junkie, and marking the end of the world on Judgment Day. In the second hour, Hollywood stuntman Vic Armstrong, and prosecuting Nazi war crimes.

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