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Here and Now for Friday, June 20, 2008
Residents of Iowa are mopping up after extensive flooding in the state, but the water is rushing downstream, overtopping and breaching levees in Illinois and Missouri. The Mississippi River was overflowing almost every levee in Lincoln County, Missouri, just up stream from St. Louis, even before today's expected crest. The Mississippi River used to be 4000 feet wide in St. Louis; now it's 1500 feet wide, because of levees controlling the banks of the river. We speak with Bob Criss, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, about the role that levees... and human development... play in this year's historic midwest flooding. Whole Foods is asking customers to donate to bee research; Haagen Dazs donated $150 million to bee-related research at Penn State. As summer nears, we look at the mysterious decline in honey bee populations. Our guest is Professor John Burand of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Zimbabweans will vote in a s
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Here and Now for Friday, June 27, 2008
North Korea blew up a 60-foot cooling tower at its main nuclear power plant today. The explosion is seen as a largely symbolic gesture after Pyongyang yesterday delivered a declaration of its nuclear programs to be dismantled. This comes 20 months after North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb in an underground test to confirm its status as an atomic power. The Bush administration has agreed to ease sanctions against North Korea and remove the country from its list of state terrorism sponsors. Critics say the North Koreans have still not come clean on the number of nuclear weapons it has. Our guest is Demetri Sevastopulo, Pentagon and intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times. The US Senate is expected to approve legislation that would determine how and when government spy agencies can tap and monitor Americans' phone calls and e-mail messages. We speak with Siobhan Gorman, intelligence and homeland security correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, and Matthew Aid, a for
Audio|Fri, 27 Jun 2008|More from WBUR: Here and Now Podcast
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“…for Robin Young it's here now. And that is the sound of North Korea blowing up a sixty foot cooling tower at the sight of its main atomic reactor today. The demolition of the most prominent symbol of its plutonium production is Pyongyang attempt to show that it is serious about abandoning its nuclear weapons program. . It comes a day after North Korea delivered documents outlining its nuclear capabilities. Which led the Bush Administration to ease sanctions and remove the country from the list of states that sponsor terror. Skeptics say today's made for TV demolition was little more than showmanship and North Korea has yet to come clean about its nuclear weapons program. . For more all of this week turned to Dmitry says the stock reload the Pentagon and intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times he joins us now welcome Dmitry. -- first of all tell us how significant this tower was in terms of North Korea's ability to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. …”
“…and you could so what's up and running fully this is the cooling tower that was very important. But aren't the north Koreans have been dismantling their nuclear facilities are -- which -- plutonium producing nuclear reactor. Over the last six months -- so the -- has become less important sort it was symbolic. And the fact that blew it up. On the other hand it was a big symbol for North Korea to take that step. Shows that they are taking one bigger step forward towards hopefully at some point moving back into international …”
Here and Now for Tuesday, June 26, 2008
Just-released reports from the Defense of Department and the General Accountability Office see a real decline in violence in Iraq. But while the DOD sees positive trends in political, economic, and security developments, the GAO says that crucial measures the administration uses to demonstrate progress are wrong. And, the GAO goes on to assert that the US still lacks a meaningful strategy to move beyond the administration's troop surge. We'll speak with Demetri Sevastopoulo, Pentagon and Intelligence Correspondent for the Financial Times. Less than a week after a fragile truce took effect between Israel and Gaza militants, shots were fired today into Southern Israel. We check in with blogger, author, and commentator Bernard Avishai about the situation in Gaza, as well as the growing tensions between Israel and Iran over Iran's alleged nuclear facilities...and Israel's alleged "attack rehearsals" to destroy them. What now for the flooded residents of the Midwest? A nationally-r
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“…up is about it and as the last of the five additional combat brigades heads home US troop levels in Iraq will fall to a 142000 by mid July. We're speaking with Dmitry safest popular pentagon and intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times. And Dmitri both reports are in agreement that violence -- drops significantly. But …”
“…on Iraq are in sharp disagreement over progress in the country. The defense department's quarterly assessment to congress says security political and economic trends in Iraq continue to be positive if -- Jaya. An Independent report …”
Here and Now for Friday, September 5, 2008
Just out of college and can't find a job? Join us for a report on new college grads shaping up for work, plus a look ahead at the final 60 days of the presidential campaigns, reviews of music and rhetoric at this year's political conventions, plus the latest in sports with Only A Game's Bill Littlefield.
Audio|Fri, 5 Sep 2008
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“…degree -- over 60% more on average than those with only a high school diploma. . But that probably isn't much consolation to those college grads that has spent the summer unsuccessfully searching for a job. …”
“…her hectic at least in my experience especially having grown up through high school and college is always an immediate goal in the future of whether it's either. Through sports or getting degrades it into good …”