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What did Congress hear about the immigration bill during Memorial Day weekend? Many members said they’d be listening to their constituents over the weekend break -- what are they bring back to Washington? Also, Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Wilson School at Princeton, on preserving American values in a dangerous world.
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As Drawn by Drew
Elizabeth Drew, journalist and author of 12 books, most recently, Richard M. Nixon: The American Presidents Series: The 37th President, 1969-1974 (Times Books, 2007), reviews the news of the week.
Richard M. Nixon is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Just the Facts on DNA evidence
Lawrence Kobilinsky, a forensic scientist and professor of biology and immunology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, talks about the weight of DNA evidence in prosecuting crime.
Big Ideas
Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and author, The Idea that is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World (Perseus Books Group 2007), says we need to return to principles on which the United States was established, such as liberty, democracy, equality, tolerance, faith, justice, and humility.
The Idea that is America is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Open Phones: Global Warming in the Garden
Listeners call in to report the affects of global warming in their garden. Is there anything new growing on account of climate change?
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [41]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
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Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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