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  • Host: Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, Melissa Block
  • For two hours every weekday, hosts Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features.
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  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Language: English
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Why You Love This Decade's Movie Villains

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
We know the trouble with the good guy: He's always so, well good. It's boring. It's the bad guy we want to figure out. NPR film critic Bob Mondello says he knows the dark secrets of good movie villains and why we love them.

Series Creator, Star Weigh In On 'Better Off Ted'

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
The second season of ABC's comedy series Better Off Ted begins Tuesday. The Ted in question runs the RD department of the conglomerate Veridian Dynamics, a clever parody of a General Electric-type company that produces everything from office chairs to weaponized pumpkins. Series creator Victor Fresco and co-star Portia de Rossi speak to host Guy Raz.

Marmite Spread Captures Hearts, Curdles Stomachs

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
If you've heard of Marmite, you probably also have a pretty strong opinion on whether you like it or not. The British spread is thick, sticky and dark almost black, like tar. And, some say, it's disgusting.

Celebrating 350 Years Of Notable Scientific Papers

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
To celebrate its 350th birthday, the Royal Society of London selected 60 of the most notable scientific papers it's published over the past four centuries. And it's posting them online with images of the original manuscripts. These are many of the biggest names in scientific history Isaac Newton to Ben Franklin to Stephen Hawking. Host Guy Raz reviews a few of them with Michael Thompson, the man in charge of choosing from the society's 60,000-paper collection.

Invention Taps Shocks To Boost Fuel Economy

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
Three MIT students pondering how to make cars more efficient dreamed up the GenShock device after a ride down a bumpy road. Instead of dispersing the force of the bumps, their idea is to capture the energy and use it.

Exploring Fallout Of Climate E-Mails

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
Host Guy Raz explores some of the fallout from the climate-gate e-mail hack with Dr. Judith Curry, chairwoman of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. And she says the e-mails reveal a lack of transparency and a lot of locker room talk in the climate research community.

Leaders Descend On Copenhagen For Climate Talks

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
The world's leaders are descending on Copenhagen for the long-awaited United Nations climate conference. NPR's Richard Harris fills in host Guy Raz on the gap between rich and poor nations, and why the last major climate treaty, worked out in Kyoto, Japan, didn't live up to its promise.

The Sound Of Bottles And Bicycles

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
Patrick Watson and his band The Wooden Arms defy easy categorization. The group from Montreal takes inspiration from contemporary indie rock, cartoon music from the 1940s and impressionist composers. Depending on the song, you'll hear pots and pans or bottles and barrels.

Years After Death, Obama's Mom Gets Her Wish

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
A few years before her death, Barack Obama's mother completed her doctoral dissertation. Nearly two decades later, S. Ann Dunham's fieldwork has been published a fulfillment of her dream, courtesy of her daughter.

The Navy's Other Seals ... And Dolphins

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
A Russian scientist this week said Russia has fallen behind the U.S. in an arms race: the race to arm sea mammals, that is. It turns out, the U.S. military does employ teams of dolphins and sea lions to patrol for weapons and intruders.

Future Unclear For 'Megatons To Megawatts' Program

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
Ten percent of the electricity in the United States is generated using fuel made from dismantled Russian nuclear bombs, thanks to a 1993 agreement known as Megatons to Megawatts. Guy Raz talks to Harvard professor Matthew Bunn about how the program began and how its future is unclear.

What The 'Garlic Bubble' Means For China's Economy

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
Never thought a centuries-old root could finance your new car? Think again. These days, garlic is a better investment than gold in China. One of our producers, Zoe Chace, fills in Guy Raz on what the garlic bubble means for the Chinese economy.

Fallows On The News: Afghan Plan, Knox, Panda

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
NPR's Guy Raz talks with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, about some of the week's biggest and smallest news stories: the politics of President Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, unemployment numbers, the Amanda Knox trial and Tai Shan, the panda born at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, being sent to China.

Safely Home, Marines Grieve For Their Fallen

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
Just two weeks after the the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment known as America's Battalion returned home from Afghanistan, family and friends joined them at Camp Lejeune, N.C., to honor 13 members who will never return.

Obama's Afghanistan Plan Marks Strategy Shift

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
The headline on President Obama's Afghanistan plan unveiled last week was troop levels: 30,000 more Americans will be fighting there by next year. But Kalev Sepp says there's another vital shift in the strategy those troops will pursue. Sepp, one of the gurus of America's counterinsurgency strategy, tells Guy Raz that the tactics in Afghanistan will differ from those used in Iraq. Sepp is a former Special Forces officer and, until earlier this year, a top official at the Pentagon in charge...

Reporter: Afghan Civilians Skeptical Of U.S. Plan

Sat, Dec 5 Listen
Guy Raz talks with Global Post reporter Jean MacKenzie about what the troop increase announced by President Obama this week will mean for civilians on the ground in Afghanistan. MacKenzie, who runs the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Kabul, says the news is being greeted with a great deal of skepticism in Afghanistan.

American Student Amanda Knox Found Guilty

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
An American student, who along with her former Italian boyfriend, was accused of killing her British roommate, has been found guilty of murder by a court in Italy. Amanda Knox was found guilty on all charges and received 26 years in prison.

To Boost Deal, Obama Changes Copenhagen Plans

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
President Obama is changing the time of his appearance at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The White House said Obama will visit Denmark on Dec. 18, at the summit's more crucial phase, instead of next week.

Amateur Comedians Have Field Day With Tiger Woods

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Did you hear the one about how Tiger Woods has a lot of expensive cars, but now he has a hole in one? Did you hear Tiger changed his name to Cheetah? In this age of Twitter and time stamps, it's possible to trace the jokes around Woods' debacle down to their inception. And the early public domain jokes have something in common they're puns.

Soccer World Cup Draw, College Football Reviewed

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
An estimated 200 million people around the world tuned in Friday to watch the draw for the World Cup soccer tournament next summer in South Africa. Also this week, two big games in college football that will help decide who will play for the national championship in a few weeks. Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis offers his insight.

Irish Folk Icon Liam Clancy Dies

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Bob Dylan once called Liam Clancy the best ballad singer I've ever heard. Clancy, the last of the Clancy Brothers troupe, died Friday in Ireland. The legendary balladeer was 74.

Have Lessons Of Iraq War Been Learned?

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
When President Obama gave his speech on Afghanistan Tuesday, he said the debate over the Iraq war was well-known and bore no repeating. Now, as the U.S. prepares to escalate its involvement in Afghanistan, have the lessons of Iraq been learned? Thomas Ricks, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Society, offers his insight.

Militants Kill 36 In Attack On Pakistan Mosque

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Six army officers and three soldiers were among 36 people killed in Pakistan where militants stormed a mosque popular with the military in the city of Rawalpindi. It is the latest in a string of attacks by militants that has killed more than 400 people since October.

Pastor Offers Sex Offenders A 'Miracle': A New Start

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
In rural Palm Beach County, Fla., pastor Dick Witherow ministers to a community he calls modern-day lepers: convicted sex offenders. Witherow believes people can change. So while strict zoning laws elsewhere have left offenders homeless, his Miracle Park housing complex welcomes this population.

Two Brothers, Measured Against One Another By Fate

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Before Sam (Tobey Maguire) goes off to war, he and his brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) live different lives. When Sam is reported lost in a helicopter crash, though, both men find their character tested and director Jim Sheridan takes his time tracking the nuances, so that when emotional fireworks finally come, they're honestly explosive.

Afghan NGO Empowers Women

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Rangina Hamidi, an Afghan-American activist in Kandahar, is the CEO of Kandahar Treasure, a project of Afghans for Civil Society. The group hires women to create products decorated with Afghan-style embroidery called Khamak.

NATO To Send 7,000 Troops To Afghanistan

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
More than two dozen NATO countries will send about 7,000 troops to Afghanistan next year, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance's secretary general said Friday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the infusion is pivotal to winning in Afghanistan.

'30 Rock' Ex-Writer On NBC Sale To Comcast

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
The news this week of Comcast buying NBC Universal from General Electric presents many questions about antitrust issues and synergy. But for the NBC show 30 Rock, the deal presents new challenges. The oddly self-referential sitcom often pokes fun at NBC and parent company GE. Donald Glover, a former writer for the show who now acts in the NBC sitcom Community, offers his insight.

Amid Comcast Deal, NBC's Zucker In Spotlight

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
As Comcast prepares to take over majority ownership of NBC Universal, it has signaled the intention to make Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, head of the new venture. Zucker has spent his entire career at NBC, and has been successful in building the audience of several NBC cable holdings such as MSNBC and Bravo.

Time Runs Out On U.S.-Russia Arms Control Treaty

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
The landmark 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expires Friday night. The U.S. and Russia are negotiating to replace the agreement, but the work is not done. One major issue is extending key verification measures. Both sides say they will abide by the treaty terms as the deadline passes.

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