Analysis Analysis Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested November 30, 2006 • Following the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, British authorities are following a trail of radioactive contamination. Litvinenko died from the effects of absorbing a rare radioactive element, Polonium 210. Polonium: Harmless Unless Ingested Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561759/6561760" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis NPR Host's Lunch in London Intersects Spy Case November 30, 2006 • NPR's Weekend Edition host Scott Simon was recently in London with his wife and young daughter. During their stay, they ate at the Itsu Sushi restaurant, the infamous site where former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko met with a contact before contracting fatal Polonium poisoning. Traces of the radioactive element have been found at the restaurant. NPR Host's Lunch in London Intersects Spy Case Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561762/6561763" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War A Soldier's Choice: To Re-Up, or Not? November 30, 2006 • Michele Norris talks with Zack Bazzi, one of several American soldiers who filmed their experience in Iraq for the recent documentary The War Tapes. In December, Bazzi, who was born in Lebanon and lived there until he was 10, will graduate from the University of New Hampshire. Soon after that, he'll set off for Afghanistan, where he will be involved in a program to train Afghan troops. A Soldier's Choice: To Re-Up, or Not? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561777/6561778" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bipartisan Study Group Releases Its Plan for Iraq Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq November 30, 2006 • Robert Siegel talks with American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht and Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings Institution. Gerecht and O'Hanlon talk about the leak to The New York Times of recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, scheduled to be released next week. Strategizing a Pullback: Challenge in Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6561783/6561784" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Oprah, Your Half-Caf Nonfat Latte is Ready November 30, 2006 • Writer and actress Annabelle Gurwitch believes she may have found the last place in America where you can be whomever you want: Starbucks. She has been ordering her coffee under fake names for years. Oprah, Your Half-Caf Nonfat Latte is Ready Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6560167/6560168" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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YR Media Consigning the 'N' Word to Personal History November 30, 2006 • As some African-American leaders call for a boycott of the racial epithet known as the 'N' word, Pendarvis Harshaw of Youth Radio starts a campaign of his own. Consigning the 'N' Word to Personal History Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6559208/6559209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Political Junkie End of the Road for Frist; What Next for Hastert? November 29, 2006 • Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist -- who did not seek re-election this year -- announces he won't be running for the White House in 2008. Plus: What's in store for soon-to-be-former House Speaker Dennis Hastert?
Analysis Analysis Hadley's Memo on Maliki Reveals U.S. Analysis November 29, 2006 • A memo written by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley that criticizes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been leaked to The New York Times. The memo also considers the political environment in Iraq. Robert Siegel talks with Nancy Youssef, Baghdad bureau chief for McClatchy newspapers, who has met with Maliki both before and after he took his current post. Hadley's Memo on Maliki Reveals U.S. Analysis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6556440/6556441" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Non-Partisan Wild Dogs Stand Guard in Afghanistan November 29, 2006 • When training the Afghan National Army on a former Russian military base, one challenge comes from packs of wild dogs. Attacks are not unheard of. But there is a silver lining. Non-Partisan Wild Dogs Stand Guard in Afghanistan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6553605/6553606" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Secularism is Point of Debate for Pope, Islamic Leaders November 28, 2006 • Islamists in Turkey and Pope Benedict have been grappling with the role of secularism in the modern state. Secularism is a founding principle of modern Turkey, but Islamists have been railing against the concept. Similarly, the pope has been a vocal critic of secularism in Europe. Secularism is Point of Debate for Pope, Islamic Leaders Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6550595/6550596" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Need to Educate 'Whitey' November 28, 2006 • Why don't white people educate themselves more about the history and culture of black people? Many in the black community feel a burden to serve as a "cultural ambassador" to whites. The Need to Educate 'Whitey' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6548823/6548824" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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This I Believe Music Makes Me Come Alive November 27, 2006 • After 60 years of composing, Joan Tower believes more than ever in the power of music. She says it nourishes our souls, encourages us to feel, connects us to one another and helps us change the world. Music Makes Me Come Alive Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6515709/6544331" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Failing Our Young November 27, 2006 • Commentator Lester Spence says the story of an African-American girl struggling to find her career path says a lot about the misguided priorities of schools, churches and other community institutions. Spence is an assistant professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. Failing Our Young Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545316/6545317" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Roundtable: NYC Shooting, Remembering Gerald Boyd November 27, 2006 • Monday's topics: 50 shots at a groom-to-be raise questions about the New York Police Department, and remembering pioneering African-American journalist Gerald Boyd. Guests: Callie Crossley; a social/cultural commentator on the television show Beat the Press in Boston; Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, professor of globalization and education at New York University; and Robert George, editorial writer for The New York Post. Roundtable: NYC Shooting, Remembering Gerald Boyd Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545311/6545312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Polonium 210 and the Litvinenko Case November 27, 2006 • Robert Siegel talks with John Emsley, author of The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, about the poisoning of Russian-spy-turned-Kremlin-critic Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko died last Thursday after being poisoned with radioactive Polonium-210. Polonium 210 and the Litvinenko Case Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6545243/6545244" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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