Analysis Analysis Taxing Gas Profits Would Stress Industry Cycles April 28, 2006 • The idea of a special tax for the oil industry's windfall profits has gained more support recently. Commentator Benjamin Zycher says that the oil companies should not be penalized because oil profits are up. When the market is weak and prices low, no one advocated a subsidy. Taxing Gas Profits Would Stress Industry Cycles Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369792/5369793" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Driveway Moments Circle of Events: A New Kidney, a New Life April 28, 2006 • Independent producer Matt Holzman underwent a kidney transplant operation a decade ago. A few days after his operation, he discovered and kept all the messages concerning his kidney. He uses the messages to paint a tale of how the operation that saved his life came about. Circle of Events: A New Kidney, a New Life Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369771/5369772" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books To Blur Plagiarism's Lines, Look to 'Star Wars' April 27, 2006 • This week, there are two stories of novels that draw too heavily on other works. Book critic Lev Grossman says Kaavya Viswanathan deserves all the criticism she is getting. But, Grossman says, Lori Jareo (who wrote an unauthorized Star Wars book) is an unsung hero. To Blur Plagiarism's Lines, Look to 'Star Wars' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5367135/5367136" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis FEMA Veteran Welcomes Idea to Dismantle Agency April 27, 2006 • A Senate panel's proposal to dismantle FEMA is a good idea, says Bruce Baughman, president of the National Emergency Management Association and director for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. FEMA Veteran Welcomes Idea to Dismantle Agency Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5367120/5367121" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Political Junkie Moon Over New Orleans April 27, 2006 • Once overwhelmingly African-American, post-Katrina New Orleans may now be majority white. Many of those who were forced to leave may not return. The effects of this can be seen everywhere. Including its politics.
Analysis Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Is Iran's Nuclear Status Inevitable? April 26, 2006 • Nuclear and intelligence experts are divided over whether it is inevitable that Iran will acquire a nuclear weapon, despite the best efforts of the West to prevent it. Some argue it's time to face a hard truth: There may be no way to stop Iran from getting the bomb. Is Iran's Nuclear Status Inevitable? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5364800/5364801" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis U.S., Iran Deadlocked on Iran's Nuclear Program April 26, 2006 • Iran and the Bush administration remain locked in a dispute over Iran's nuclear program -- Iran insists it has a right to develop nuclear power, but the White House believes Iran intends on building nuclear weapons. Madeleine Brand talks with NPR senior diplomatic correspondent Mike Shuster about the international response to Iran's refusal to end its uranium enrichment program. U.S., Iran Deadlocked on Iran's Nuclear Program Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5364246/5364247" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Remembrance, Reconciliation on Yom Hashoah April 25, 2006 • April 25 is Yom Hashoah, an annual remembrance of the Holocaust. It is still used as a touchstone for modern-day genocide. For NPR's Jeffrey Katz, it is more than a day of remembrance Remembrance, Reconciliation on Yom Hashoah Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5360626/5360650" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Space All Space Roads Lead from Earth April 25, 2006 • Commentator Kelly Beatty says that when he was growing up, space exploration was all about one thing: the race to the moon. It was easy to measure progress leading up to a specific goal. Now that space exploration is all about the planets and the solar system, there is a dizzying array of spacecraft traveling all over the place. All Space Roads Lead from Earth Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5362376/5362377" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Song Of The Day Two Continents Combine to Protest World Violence April 25, 2006 • In "Osama Rach," the late Kenyan singer Otieno Jagwasi confesses an obsession with Osama bin Laden. "I am asking President Bush and Osama, 'Why do you have to kill innocent people when you just want to kill each other?'" 'Osama Rach' by Extra Golden Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5360883/5360886" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Analysis The Immigration Debate Politics with Ron Elving: Congress Back to Work April 24, 2006 • Congress is back in session after a two-week recess. NPR senior Washington, D.C., editor Ron Elving joins Madeleine Brand with a preview of key issues on the legislative agenda. The Senate will be hashing out details of a controversial immigration bill and a supplemental spending bill for Iraq, Afghanistan and for Hurricane Katrina relief. Budget issues will top the agenda in the House. Politics with Ron Elving: Congress Back to Work Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5359379/5359380" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Reporter's Notebook Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial April 24, 2006 • The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui has been marked by the strange and mischievous behavior of a defendant who appears to embrace the role of villain. NPR's Larry Abramson, who's been covering the trial, reflects on Moussaoui's courtroom antics.
Analysis Analysis How the Snags in the Hu-Bush Visit Play in China April 21, 2006 • Several gaffes characterized Thursday's meeting between President Bush and President Hu Jintao, from a vocal Falun Gong protester to a misidentification of China's governmental name. But the incidents weren't reported in the Chinese media -- partly to protect Hu's standing. How the Snags in the Hu-Bush Visit Play in China Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5356286/5356289" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Remembering Chernobyl, 20 Years Later At Chernobyl, Building a Shelter for a Shelter April 21, 2006 • The ruined Chernobyl nuclear facility still contains some 200 tons of radioactive fuel. A "sarcophagus" -- a steel and concrete shell built soon after the disaster to contain the radiation is increasingly unstable. Engineers plan to slide an enormous Quonset hut-shaped cover over a breached reactor. At Chernobyl, Building a Shelter for a Shelter Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5356000/5356001" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Slate's Culturebox: Stop Blogging and Get to Work April 21, 2006 • Could blogging be a distraction for serious writers? Blogger Sarah Hepola thinks so -- she had hoped blogging would help her write a book, but it kept her from writing a book instead. Hepola wrote about her experience for Slate, and offers a commentary about giving up her blog. Slate's Culturebox: Stop Blogging and Get to Work Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5355485/5355486" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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