Linda Wertheimer

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Bollywood Star Speaks Out Against 'Growing Intolerance' In India

Monday, November 09, 2015

By Linda Wertheimer

India's "culture wars" have risen to a new level with actors, filmmakers and writers joining to protest against the right-wing Hindu government's inaction against religious intolerance and violence.

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Pope Francis Preaches Peaceful Politics In Cuba

Sunday, September 20, 2015

By Carrie Kahn / Sylvia Poggioli / Linda Wertheimer

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Trump Says It's Not His Job To Correct Anti-Muslim Commenter

Sunday, September 20, 2015

By Mara Liasson / Linda Wertheimer

Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

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Jimmy Carter 'Completely At Ease' Despite Cancer Diagnosis

Thursday, August 20, 2015

By Linda Wertheimer

In a news conference to discuss his health, former President Jimmy Carter also looked back on his life, his presidency and his work with the Carter Center.

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The Basted Egg: A Foolproof Play On The Poach

Sunday, August 09, 2015

By Linda Wertheimer

This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen. As part of Weekend Edition's Do Try This at Home series, chefs are sharing their cleverest hacks and tips — taking expensive, exhausting or intimidating recipes and tweaking them to work in any home kitchen.

This week: We learn an ...

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From The Gridiron To The Pool: Women Are Making Waves In Sports

Saturday, August 08, 2015

By Linda Wertheimer

Americans love competitors — in business, in politics, and in sports. And for some of us from the bad old days when only the guys got to play team sports, it's a very special thing to see women blowing through doors that not so long ago were closed to them.

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Advice For Beleaguered Battleground State Residents: Leave Town

Saturday, April 18, 2015

By Linda Wertheimer

We are moving into the election season — feels like we're moving faster and faster, candidates are already in the early states — notably the newly announced Hillary Clinton. She headed right to Iowa for some close encounters with voters. Republicans, reportedly a score or so, are in New Hampshire ...

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Episode 2: The Lady Parts

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Brooke discusses the second episode of House of Cards with Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer.
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A Challenge To The New Congress: Fix Stagnant Wages

Saturday, November 08, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

One of my favorite arguments — and one I've had in just about every even numbered year since the seventies — is about when to stop talking about politics. A surprising number of people think that since elections are on Tuesday, by Saturday all that can be said has been ...

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W.Va. Pottery Company Keeps Popular Fiesta Line Thriving

Thursday, October 16, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Homer Laughlin China Co. has been making the brightly colored Fiesta dishes for decades at its factory on the banks of the Ohio River. And it's still going strong.

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Remembering The Emotional Fallout From Nixon's Resignation

Friday, August 08, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Forty years ago Friday, President Richard Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal. He made a speech and got on a helicopter to head back to California.

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Longtime NPR Reporter Margot Adler Made Listening A Delight

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer / Renee Montagne

Adler joined NPR in 1979. She was known for a personality as dynamic as the city she covered: New York. She died Monday at age 68 of cancer.

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Filmmaker Searches For 'White Widow' Of London Bombing

Sunday, July 06, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

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Keeping Time By Rubidium At The Naval Observatory

Sunday, July 06, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

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Hard-Boiled Hero Jack Irish Lives, And Drinks, In A Shadowy Melbourne

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Crime fiction writer Peter Temple has created a resourceful Aussie investigator: Jack Irish can fight off bad guys with everything from a child's swing to a tin sheet turned fatal Frisbee.

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Game Developers Conference: Not Your Typical Tech Convention

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Brian Crecente, who is covering the Game Developers Conference this week for the video game website Polygon, talks about the latest trends in the industry.

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'Wheel Of Fortune' Player Cashes In With N And E

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer / David Greene : Environmental Engineer and Senior Researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, TN

A Wheel of Fortune contestant guessed a 12-letter phrase in the bonus round Wednesday night with only two letters revealed — and he won $45,000.

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A Cronut By Any Other Name Is Still A Cronut

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

A Maine bakery sold its own version of cronuts, the croissant-doughnut hybrids, which it called crauxnuts. But the cronut creator sent a letter saying the name was trademarked, no matter the spelling.

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Sanctions Target Business Leaders, Others With Ties To Putin

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Washington Post correspondent Will Englund in Moscow about the list of Russians slapped with U.S. sanctions in response to Russia's annexation ...

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A Meteoric Rise For Young 'Divergent' Author

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Linda Wertheimer

Veronica Roth, author of the best-selling young adult series "Divergent," signed a book deal while she was still in college. The book hit shelves when she was just 22. Now 25, Roth sa...

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