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Are You the One? Nuclear Power

Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy (Knopf, 2007), and Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst for Greenpeace USA, discuss where the candidates stand on nuclear power.

Power to Save the World is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

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The View from the Ethnic Press: Chinese-Americans

Lotus Chau, Chief Reporter for the Sing Tao Daily, discusses Chinese Americans' views of the primary candidates as part of our on-going look at ethnic community media and how they cover the presidential campaigns. (Feet in Two Worlds)

Feet in Two Worlds

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The World in Languages

Elizabeth Little, author of Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic (Melville House, 2008), discusses how she learned about the world by studying languages – and how she used her Queens neighborhood for research.

Biting the Wax Tadpole is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

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Elizabeth Little will be reading on Saturday at 6PM at Melville House Bookstore, 145 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn.

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State of the City

Mayor Bloomberg will give his State of the City address as an economic downturn looms. Will his presidential ambitions influence how he frames the issues? Jonathan Capehart, editorial board member for the Washington Post, and Bob Hardt, executive producer and political director for New York 1, look at what the speech will tell us about the city and the mayor.

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Getting Physical

Janet Lee, deputy editor of Shape Magazine and a board member of the American Council on Exercise, joins us weekly in January to talk about exercise and fitness -- this week: the benefits of cardio.

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