On Becoming a Writer April 30, 2005 • Commentator Christian Bauman reflects on how he learned to become a writer, outside the classroom. On Becoming a Writer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4626289/4626290" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam A Return to Saigon April 29, 2005 • Thirty years ago, American ended its involvement in Vietnam. NPR's foreign editor, who covered the fall of Saigon, went back to see what has happened since and says much remains the same. A Return to Saigon Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625308/4625309" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Analysis Analysis Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes April 29, 2005 • Madeleine Brand talks with Slate contributor Edward Jay Epstein about a loophole in Germany's tax code that Hollywood movie studios use to lower the cost of producing big-budget films. Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624790/4624791" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Essay Saigon, The Last Day April 29, 2005 • NPR Senior Foreign Editor Loren Jenkins was a reporter for Newsweek in Saigon when the city fell to the North Vietnamese in late April 1975. He recounts the chaotic final hours at the U.S. Embassy as the last Americans pulled out of Vietnam.
War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam Soldiers' Stories: Protesting Vietnam April 29, 2005 • Commentator William Short was an American soldier who decided he could no longer fight in Vietnam. His refusal to take human life led to his being court-martialed and imprisoned. In recent years, Short has compiled the stories of other soldiers who acted out against the war. Soldiers' Stories: Protesting Vietnam Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624050/4624055" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Space Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites April 28, 2005 • Slate contributor Daniel Engber explains how the federal government disposes of satellites when they are no longer in operation. Space agencies track some 13,000 objects orbiting the Earth, many of them dead satellites or space debris. Sometimes, the satellites are sent into a higher orbit, away from active satellites -- but often spent satellites burn up re-entering the atmosphere. Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4623208/4623209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father Fresh Air April 28, 2005 • Physicist David Albright is president of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C. He's the co-author of a new report on A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, that was published in the Spring 2005 edition of The Washington Quarterly. Khan sold nuclear technology and information to Iran, Libya and North Korea. He was reportedly able to do this for the last 20 years, while eluding authorities and intelligence agencies. Albright says Khan's actions have had an impact on nuclear proliferation. The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4623077/4623078" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Ivory-Bill, Found April 28, 2005 • Our commentator and other bird-lovers around the world are excited at news that the ivory-billed woodpecker has been rediscovered in the Arkansas wilderness. But now she's begun to worry whether the bird can survive all the attention mankind will heap on it. The Ivory-Bill, Found Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4623563/4623661" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam Remembering Reunification April 27, 2005 • Commentator Sonny Le was born in South Vietnam. He recalls the communist takeover of his country and his family's life after reunification. Remembering Reunification Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4621107/4621108" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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From Our Listeners The Mysteries of Senioritis April 27, 2005 • It's a malady that grips high schools across the country this time of year: senioritis. We talk about the perennial epidemic of angst and lethargy that afflicts many high school seniors as graduation approaches. The Mysteries of Senioritis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4621761/4621762" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Judicial Filibuster The Senate and Filibuster Changes April 27, 2005 • During President Bush's first term, Democrats blocked 10 of his judicial nominees by filibuster, which takes a three-fifths majority -- 60 votes -- to end. In order to get these nominees to a vote, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is threatening to use another parliamentary device that's been called the nuclear option: declaring filibusters of judicial nominees to be unconstitutional. The Senate and Filibuster Changes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4621755/4621756" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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From Our Listeners To the North Pole! April 27, 2005 • A group of explorers has reached the North Pole in record time, thereby proving the possibility of an earlier claim to the pole made almost 100 years ago. We speak with the expedition leader, who is still camped out in the Arctic region. To the North Pole! Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4621758/4621759" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Pennsylvania Avenue Game Clock Running Out on Social Security Plan? April 27, 2005 • In the latest Pennsylvania Avenue column, NPR's Brian Naylor says President Bush's game plan for Social Security seems to be in irreversible trouble.
From Our Listeners Moby: Brewing a Brand April 27, 2005 • Electronic musician Moby talks about juggling business with his intensely personal and idiosyncratic music. He is currently touring in support of his latest album Hotel. Moby: Brewing a Brand Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4620958/4621925" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Secretary Rice Preps for Latin America April 26, 2005 • Free trade, immigration and leftist politics are among the hot-button issues awaiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as she swings through Latin America this week. We talk about recent developments in Latin America, and what they could mean for U.S. policy. Secretary Rice Preps for Latin America Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4620337/4620338" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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