In China, Quake Tourism Becoming Big Business May 6, 2009 • China's government and developers are sinking money into tourism projects around the zone where tens of thousands of people died in last May's earthquake. From laser tag in Baoshan to a museum in Dayi that will feature quake simulators, they're aiming to boost the local economy — and memorialize the dead. In China, Quake Tourism Becoming Big Business Listen · 8:19 8:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103827501/103865459" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Grieving Chinese Family Quells Memories To Heal May 5, 2009 • Two days after the earthquake struck southwestern China last May, Melissa Block interviewed a couple as rescue workers searched for their toddler son and his grandparents who were buried under a collapsed apartment building. Block checks in with the boy's aunt to see how the family is coping with the loss of its loved ones. Grieving Chinese Family Quells Memories To Heal Listen · 7:40 7:40 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103790515/103825773" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew May 4, 2009 • When the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit southwest China in May 2008, Beichuan county was among the hardest hit. Now, Beichuan is abandoned, but it's becoming a tourist attraction. Vendors like Mu Zhenxian, who lost 16 family members, sell photos of the burial ground. Ruined Beichuan Starts Anew Listen · 12:22 12:22 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103720889/103790887" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Detroit's Big Screen Image Problem April 24, 2009 • Steve Inskeep prepared for his trip to Detroit by watching movies that riff on the city, such as: Gran Torino, 8 Mile, Gross Pointe Blank, and Airplane. Detroit's Big Screen Image Problem Listen · 4:45 4:45 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103415990/103442501" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Why I Love Detroit, And This Sculpture April 24, 2009 • In the center of Detroit, a 24-foot-long sculpture of Joe Louis' fist plunges outward, throwing a defiant right punch on Jefferson Avenue. Some think the sculpture is too violent. Others think it represents the bullheaded determination that gives this city its resilience. Why I Love Detroit, And This Sculpture Listen · 2:33 2:33 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/103412267/103442502" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Helen Levitt Captured Perfect Moments, Unnoticed March 30, 2009 • The acclaimed street photographer died in her sleep over the weekend; she was 95. In 2001, NPR's Melissa Block interviewed Levitt — in what she describes as one of toughest she has ever conducted. Helen Levitt Captured Perfect Moments, Unnoticed Listen · 4:32 4:32 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102504602/102525529" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Nixon, Khrushchev And A Story Of Cold War Love March 30, 2009 • Washington and Moscow have often inched toward rapprochement. Amid the Cold War, one iconic episode of detente took place 50 years ago this summer. It has special significance for NPR's Moscow correspondent. Nixon, Khrushchev And A Story Of Cold War Love Listen · 5:41 5:41 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101430375/102492801" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Civil Rights History Comes Full Circle In Alabama March 19, 2009 • For the past nine years, Rep. John Lewis has led a civil rights pilgrimage to Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham. Civil Rights History Comes Full Circle In Alabama Listen · 7:19 7:19 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101972753/102100099" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Modern Variations On China's Traditional Themes March 10, 2009 • Many Chinese are convinced that whatever sort of modernization their country achieves, it must combine aspects of Chinese traditional culture with imported Western institutions.
Opinion A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds March 8, 2009 • In 2001, reporter Deborah George was in Sierra Leone reporting on how the worldwide trade in illicit diamonds was fueling the war. There, she found a little girl who was too young to have her dreams be over. A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds Listen · 7:35 7:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101586618/101595066" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Visiting Bajaur, Pakistan, A New Piece Of My 'Home' March 4, 2009 • Junaid Khan is from northwest Pakistan, yet he has never seen large parts of the landscape there. This essay chronicles his first trip to Bajaur, a place he had always wanted to visit — and which he found to be very different from the place in his imagination.
Opinion Why I Love Oaktown January 14, 2009 • The California city's recent history of gun violence — perpetrated by both civilians and police — has forced some to abandon the East Bay area for safer neighborhoods. But Youth Radio's Brandon McFarland refuses to give up on Oakland. Why I Love Oaktown Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/99346981/99346965" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Getting To The Root Of The Great Cilantro Divide December 26, 2008 • Some people find the herb cilantro so odious that they believe it should be wiped off the planet. But is it the taste or the smell? One cilantro hater goes in search of the truth. Getting To The Root Of The Great Cilantro Divide Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/98695984/98730802" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Little Rascals: A Refresher On The Rules Of Life December 24, 2008 • A new DVD box set of the Our Gang series of the '20s and '30s is a refresher course on key life lessons — like never skip school by pretending to be sick; you'll lose out because the teacher has special plans for the day. The Little Rascals: A Refresher On The Rules Of Life Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/98453466/98694320" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Lessons On The Ground In Afghanistan December 19, 2008 • To see the vast depots of destroyed weaponry only an hour's drive outside Kabul should give pause to the policymakers who believe that U.S. might and determination can prevail where others through history — the Persians, the British, the Russians among others — have consistently failed.
Shaking Myths Of U.S.-China Role In Economic Crisis December 8, 2008 • Economic myth-mongering obscures important shifts occurring in the global economy, in which the U.S. and China are playing leading roles. One Beijing University professor warns that, in fact, we may be on the verge of a powerful backlash against globalization and free trade.
Dressing For Recession November 26, 2008 • The poor economy is changing how families shop for essentials, like clothes. Instead of spending money on name-brand outfits, many consumers have made thrift stores their new fashion outlets. A writer and stay-at-home dad calls the trend Recession Wear. Dressing For Recession Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/97524972/97524954" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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For The Unemployed In Dayton, Help In One Stop November 7, 2008 • At the Job Center in Dayton, Ohio, the largest center of its kind in the country, the out-of-work ponder their next possibilities. With the GM plant in town laying off workers and soon closing for good, many residents face a rough transition into a new career after decades on the job.
Opinion Looking Back On A Long Election November 5, 2008 • Barack Obama has achieved what many didn't think possible. It was a long race. Alex Chadwick reflects on the past two years and on last night's election outcome. Looking Back On A Long Election Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/96654199/96654151" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion The Presidential Election: The Refs Blew It October 28, 2008 • For the vast majority of conservative media and Republicans in general, there is no question that Sarah Palin has been treated unfairly by the mainstream media. But conservative columnists and politicians have also abandoned her, and that cannot be explained away the same way.
Opinion Decades Later, Old Racial Wounds Still Ache October 24, 2008 • Michele Norris says this election year has dredged up some very strange and potent emotions for her. It's stirred up old memories of racial tensions during her childhood in Birmingham, Ala.
Opinion Private Conversations On Race, In Public October 24, 2008 • To probe deeper into race and its impact on the 2008 election, Michele Norris and Steve Inskeep are interviewing 15 voters from York, Pa. Inskeep has found that blacks seem to speak more comfortably about race than whites. He asks: "Whether we are white or black, do we really know ourselves?"