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Babylon by Bus
On today’s show, guest host Jonathan Capehart asks a pair of friends why they gave up their franchise selling t-shirts in Fenway Park, and moved to Baghdad in 2003. Plus, we'll hear the inside story of the 9/11 Commission from its Chairman, Governor Thomas H. Kean. And we’ll learn about the life and career of the first black man to serve a full term in the US Senate.
From Boston to Baghdad
In Babylon by Bus, Ray LeMoine and Jeff Neumann explain why they gave up their low-stress way of life selling t-shirts in Fenway Park, in order to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad.
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The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission
Governor Thomas H. Kean served as the Chairman of the 9/11 Commission. In Without Precedent, he describes the challenges of investigating, and reporting, what went wrong leading up to September 11th.
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Breaking Racial Barriers
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born into slavery in 1841. But after the Civil War, his political success led to his being elected the first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate in 1874. And his growing real-estate fortune helped launch him into the upper echelons of ...
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