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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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  • Genres: News
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Language: English
  • Networks: NPR
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'Black Book' Captures African-American Experience

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
The book, which was first published in 1974, was like a scrapbook, featuring photos of lynchings, ads for the sale of Negroes and images of soldiers who helped break the color barrier. Toni Morrison says that at the time, African-Americans yearned for a closer examination of their history, even though it was a painful one.

U.K. Military Officer Blasts Officials On Iraq

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Britain's senior military representative in Iraq said that amateurs were put into key roles in post-invasion Iraq, and lives had been lost as a result. Lt. Gen. Frederick Viggers said senior officials needed more training to deal with the complexities involved in mounting an invasion.

Saudi Arabia Tries To Stall Global Emissions Limits

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Saudi Arabia's strategy on climate change has long been to deny the science, a tactic it is using at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen. Saudis fear that reducing emissions will reduce oil exports and be catastrophic for their economy.

By Following Kyoto Protocol, Seattle Inspires Others

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Although the United States never signed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, for the past decade, Seattle has nonetheless been looking for ways to abide by its terms and has inspired other cities to do the same. But measuring what these efforts have achieved can be tricky.

Letters: Tea Party, Music

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Listeners responded to Robert Siegel's story on Tea Party activists in Dallas and the musical moment after the story on the surplus of Chihuahuas at animal shelters in San Francisco.

Recording Studios Face Uncertain Future

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
As technology has evolved and become more affordable, bands no longer need to book hours of expensive studio time in a facility with million-dollar consoles. They can approximate a decent sound in the basement. So where does that leave recording engineers and all of that expensive equipment?

Nobel Prizes Awarded At Elaborate Ceremony

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
As President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on Thursday, this year's other Nobel Laureates 12 of them collected their prizes in Stockholm, Sweden. In an elaborate ceremony, Sweden's king awarded the honors for chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and economics.

Why Clusters Of Like Businesses Thrive

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
You would think that specialty businesses would prefer to have blocks or neighborhoods to themselves, but in many places the same kinds of businesses are clustered together. In New York, for example, diamond dealers, florists and even chess shops are clumped together on the same block. It all makes sense economically.

A Cheap-Wine Index Keeps Hiring On Hold

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Market watchers look to their favorite indicators to signal when the economy is turning around things like GDP, productivity or the consumer price index. But for a Massachusetts liquor store, it's when customers stop buying inexpensive wines.

Rebuilding An Instrument By Leonardo's Design

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
With all the high-tech attractions in Times Square, holiday tourists are flocking to an instrument that was designed 500 years ago. Curators used the sketches of Leonardo da Vinci to figure out how to build it. Among the toughest things to re-create: a viola-harpsichord hybrid that can be played while walking.

Gift Ideas: Tools For The Dedicated Baker

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Dorie Greenspan, the author of Baking: From My Home To Yours, suggests among other things a rolling pin made of nylon, cookie scoops and a cake plate for your favorite baker to show off sweet creations.

Rare Tree Stolen From Seattle Arboretum

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
The Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle is the scene of a crime. Staffers noticed Wednesday that the Keteleeria evelyniana, one of the arboretum's rarest trees, was missing. Only a stump remained at the spot where the 7-foot tall tree once stood. Randall Hitchin, the plant collections manager for the University of Washington Botanical Gardens, says the tree is a threatened species that resembles a conifer.

Scientists Help Ranchers Wrangle Carbon Emissions

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Researchers in Marin County, Calif., are experimenting with ways to get plants to absorb more carbon emissions. So far, their plan seems to be working the grass in the experiment plots is capturing 50 percent more carbon from the air than grass in the untouched plots. But, researchers still need to measure what the net carbon uptake is.

3 Senators Strike Climate Legislation Compromise

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham outlined Thursday the basics they would like to see in legislation to control global warming and to increase the nation's energy independence. This outline could ultimately suggest a way toward a compromise on the highly polarizing issue.

For Stephanopoulos, It's Officially 'Good Morning'

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
The This Week host will take Diane Sawyer's old seat on ABC's Good Morning America, the network confirmed Thursday. The move is yet another remarkable transformation for George Stephanopoulos, a one-time political strategist and heartthrob who overcame his partisan ties to become a respected political journalist.

Five Americans Arrested In Pakistan

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
FBI agents are interviewing five young Muslim-American men being held in Pakistan. They suspect the men may have been trying to join forces fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Mueller's Nobel-Winning Memories Of A Small Town

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
Romanian novelist Herta Mueller was awarded the 2009 literature prize for her depictions of the landscape of the dispossessed. Her first novel, Nadirs, has just been reissued. Critic Alan Cheuse has a review.

Reaction To Obama's Nobel Speech

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
In his speech Thursday in Oslo while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama refused to renounce war, saying he was obliged to protect and defend the United States. Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Howard Fineman, chief political correspondent for Newsweek and author of The Thirteen American Arguments, offer their insight.

President Obama Accepts Peace Prize

Thu, Dec 10 Listen
President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, saying he was at the beginning of his work on the world stage. He also refused to renounce war, saying he is obliged to protect and defend the U.S.

Michael Jordan Impersonator Booed At Game

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
More than 7,000 people turned up Monday to watch the NBA Development League's Utah Flash host the Dakota Wizards, most of them probably for the half-time show in which Michael Jordan would play one-on-one with former Utah Jazz star Bryon Russell. Trouble is, Jordan wasn't there.

Reading Practice Can Strengthen Brain 'Highways'

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Intensive reading instruction not only helps students boost reading skills, but also improves the brain's highways that communicate information, a new study finds. This suggests that reading depends on areas of the brain that process information as well as the wiring that connects those areas.

Afghanistan Unveiled In Three Eye-Opening Accounts

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Afghanistan is not an easy country to fully grasp. Author Nadeem Aslam recommends three books that help make the United States' involvement there both before and after Sept. 11 a little easier to understand.

In Wake Of Blasts, Assessing Iraq Security

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
A series of coordinated attacks hit the Iraqi capital Tuesday, killing more than 100 people and wounding hundreds others. Retired Lt. Col. Doug Ollivant, who was in Baghdad last August during the previous coordinated bombing attacks, offers his insight.

U.S. Attempts To Restart North Korean Nuclear Talks

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
For the first time in more than a year, a senior U.S. diplomat is in North Korea. Special envoy Stephen Bosworth is trying to revive stalled nuclear talks with the isolated regime in Pyongyang. But there is no firm indication that Pyongyang is ready to return to six-party talks.

Dairy Groups Fight To Keep Chocolate Milk On Menu

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Chocolate milk has been kicked off the lunch menu at schools across the country. The dairy industry says that even though it contains more sugar than white milk, it's more nutritious than soda or other drink options. But healthful-lunch activists aren't so sure.

Lawmakers Question TSA On Security Breach

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Senators are questioning the Transportation Security Administration to find out how it accidentally posted sensitive information online from its airport screening guidelines. The TSA has placed some of its employees on administrative leave following the security lapse.

McChrystal: Strategic Partnership With Afghanistan

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
This week the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is in Washington defending President Obama's plan for increasing the U.S. troop presence in that country. The general sat down to talk with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep.

Examining Proposal To Expand Medicare

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Senate Democrats are proposing an expansion of Medicare in their health care overhaul under which some people between the ages of 55 and 64 can buy into the federal program. Marilyn Moon, an economist and Medicare expert at the American Institutes for Research, discusses the details and what they mean for consumers.

Senate Democrats Near Deal On Health Care

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Senate Democrats may have reached a compromise that could pave the way for passage of a sweeping health care overhaul before Christmas. The package reportedly redefines the public option to allow nonprofit insurers to sell policies regulated by the government, and may include allowing baby boomers to buy into Medicare early.

San Francisco Pounds Crowded With Chihuahuas

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Animal shelters are scrambling to find homes for the pint-sized pups. A San Francisco Animal Care and Control official blames the economy and the pocket-pet phenomenon.

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