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In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, residents walk past damaged buildings due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)

The White House threatens to go over the fiscal cliff. Tough chemical warfare warnings for Syria. Big bank layoffs. A royal baby bump. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Hour 2
This 1956 file photo shows American composer, pianist and jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Brubeck, a pioneering jazz composer and pianist died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 of heart failure, after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son. He would have turned 92 on Thursday. (AP)

We will “Take Five” and remember jazz great Dave Brubeck.

 
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Dec 7, 2012
This 1956 file photo shows American composer, pianist and jazz musician Dave Brubeck. Brubeck, a pioneering jazz composer and pianist died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 of heart failure, after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son. He would have turned 92 on Thursday. (AP)

We will “Take Five” and remember jazz great Dave Brubeck.

 
Dec 7, 2012
In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, residents walk past damaged buildings due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)

The White House threatens to go over the fiscal cliff. Tough chemical warfare warnings for Syria. Big bank layoffs. A royal baby bump. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

 
Dec 6, 2012
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From the origins of the universe, to the Tudor age, to an Indian reservation in North Dakota, On Point looks at the best books of the year.

 
Dec 6, 2012
A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP)

2012 has seen drought, wildfire, ice-melt, Sandy, and 70-degree temps in Chicago in December. What are we going to do about climate change?

 
Dec 5, 2012
Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, shown here with their daughter, Zoey. (Instagram)

A murder-suicide in the NFL – Kansas City Chiefs – puts a high-profile spotlight on domestic violence. What do we see there?

 
Dec 5, 2012
Internet map. (Steve Jurvetson, Flickr)

Big powers want to chop up the global internet and put nations in charge. Russia. China. We’re looking at the push to rein in the web.

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Feb 10, 2006
So, Katy Perry doesn't want to be called a feminist.  Listen back to a conversation with women, across generations, on the legacy of Betty Friedan.
 
Feb 28, 2012
Online shopping. We point, click, and buy. Then what happens? We’ll investigate.
 
May 28, 2012
The rules against women in combat are back in the news. This Memorial Day show went in-depth on the issue.
 
Feb 5, 2009
Jon Nelson, mashes music and found sound -- from old movies, laugh tracks, the news -- to make what he calls the audio dreamscape of the media age.
 
Nov 12, 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis takes on Abraham Lincoln in a much-anticipated film. We’ll look at a new history of Honest Abe’s rise to power.
 
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Your Best Books Of 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Let’s kick off the crowdsourcing!

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South Carolina Responds
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

On October 24, we aired a show about iPads in the classroom. One of our guests, Janet Frazier, made some assertions about the Lexington County School District One. Mary Beth Hill, the chief communications officer for the district, sent us this response to comments made during the show.

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Shehla Anjum on Malala Yousafzai
Monday, October 15, 2012

Shehla Anjum — an Anchorage-based writer who was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan — called into our show today to talk about her visit to Pakistan earlier this year when she visited Malala Yousafzai and her family. She asked if we could post this profile she wrote about Malala so our listeners could check it out.

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Martin Sexton Performs
Friday, September 21, 2012

Check out this great video of Martin Sexton performing his song “Friends Again” in our studio.

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A Correction From Jack
Friday, September 7, 2012

Relying on memory–weak reed!–for two weeks in a row, I said that The Economist had endorsed Bush in 2000 and 2004. The magazine did in 2000, but backed John Kerry in 2004. I apologize to our listeners.

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