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Crossing The Sea For Freedom A Familiar Story For Americans

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Simon Says

Crossing The Sea For Freedom A Familiar Story For Americans

At least 30 Haitian migrants died this week when a packed sailboat capsized off the coast of the Bahamas. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us how some of the first Americans arrived on the continent, risking their lives to sail across rough seas.

Crossing The Sea For Freedom A Familiar Story For Americans

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Friday

Neither Impeachment Nor An ER Page Could Keep Them Apart

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Neither Impeachment Nor An ER Page Could Keep Them Apart

NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and surgeon David Reines ran into each other not long after their spouses had passed away. Soon — despite a couple of unforeseen events — the pair realized it was kismet that they had found each other.

Neither Impeachment Nor An ER Page Could Keep Them Apart

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An Abuse Survivor Finds Family In A Special Teacher

When he was being abused, Rogelio Martinez says his teacher, Lisa Moya King, showed him that he was not alone. StoryCorps hide caption

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StoryCorps' National Day Of Listening

An Abuse Survivor Finds Family In A Special Teacher

Rogelio Martinez was being abused when he started taking Lisa Moya King's dance class. Soon, Rogelio ran away, and Lisa took him in when he had nowhere to go. "You showed me that I'm not alone," Rogelio says. "That I actually have somebody."

An Abuse Survivor Finds Family In A Special Teacher

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Thursday

A Messy Sort of Gratitude: Giving Thanks For Radiation

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

A Messy Sort of Gratitude: Giving Thanks For Radiation

Pure gratitude for the love in our lives is part of a joyous Thanksgiving. Alongside this feeling, commentator and cancer patient Barbara J. King experiences a more complicated species of thankfulness as she rejoices in, and battles fears about, her radiation therapy.

Wednesday

The Horse Who Picked Up A Paintbrush

Metro Meteor, a retired racehorse, stands with owners Ron and Wendy Krajewski and one of his paintings at Motters Station Stables in Rocky Ridge, Md., earlier this year. Jeffrey B. Roth/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Sweetness And Light

The Horse Who Picked Up A Paintbrush

After his career at the racetrack ended, Metro Meteor was adopted by an artist in Pennsylvania, who discovered the horse's gift. Now, his paintings raise money to treat his knee problems and to help other retired thoroughbreds find new homes.

The Horse Who Picked Up A Paintbrush

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After Years Of Pasta, Rice Returns To A Filipino Family Kitchen

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The Salt

After Years Of Pasta, Rice Returns To A Filipino Family Kitchen

Growing up, Melanie Vanderlipe Ramil wanted to be as "non-Filipino" as possible. One way, she decided, was to stop eating rice. Now 31, Ramil has become the family's champion of its Filipino food traditions.

After Years Of Pasta, Rice Returns To A Filipino Family Kitchen

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Tuesday

Time Travel Saves The Day

The Cathedral Spires in the Black Hills of South Dakota are just one of innumerable formations across the planet that speak to the Earth's ancient history. K. Scott Jackson/Ohio Water Science Center/USGS hide caption

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Time Travel Saves The Day

Feeling a little blue recently, commentator Adam Frank retreated to a hilltop and found something he wasn't looking for: perspective. The breadth of time stretched out before him and opened his eyes to our place in an ongoing story.

Debate: Does Spying Keep Us Safe?

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Intelligence Squared U.S.

Debate: Does Spying Keep Us Safe?

Some argue that spying on vast numbers of innocent people is a violation of privacy, as well as a waste of security resources. But others argue that mass electronic surveillance is vital to the fight against terrorism. A team of experts debates for the latest Intelligence Squared U.S.

Debate: Does Spying Keep Us Safe?

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