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The Best Fresh Air articles from NPR 2008.

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Most of these are articles I think are important from Fresh Air, my favorite NPR show.

I think all of these are valid and informative. If you want to talk politics or current events with me, then please listen to these programs.

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This article is about how deregulation in investment banking has damaged our economy.

Our Confusing Economy, Explained

[39 min 8 sec]

Fresh Air from WHYY, April 3, 2008 · Perplexed by the U.S. economy? You’re not alone. Law professor Michael Greenberger joins Fresh Air to explain the sub-prime mortgage crisis, credit defaults, the shaky future of other types of loans and what we can expect from the U.S. financial markets.

Greenberger is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and the director of the University’s Center for Health and Homeland Security.

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Have you heard of the Amero? This movie will make you mad.

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Monday’s show · Jan. 7, 2008

InterviewsFees, Cheats and ‘Gotcha Capitalism’ Columnist Bob Sullivan covers Internet scams and consumer fraud for MSNBC.com, where he writes a column called The Red Tape Chronicles. His new book is about the hidden fees found in many phone, cable, credit card and other bills. —————————————-

Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Thursday’s show · Jan. 3, 2008

Your Money

David Cay Johnston on How the Rich Get Richer

Investigative reporter David Cay Johnston explores in his new book how in recent years, government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected.

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Morgenson Sheds Light on Subprime Mortgage Crisis

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Fresh Air from WHYY, October 10, 2007 · Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist Gretchen Morgenson talks about the subprime mortgage crisis and its effects on the markets and on the economy. Morgenson, an assistant business and financial editor for The New York Times, has covered the financial markets for The Times since 1998.

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Monday’s show · April 14, 2008

InterviewsOil and the ‘New International Energy Order’

With both the cost of and demand for oil rising, nations with large energy reserves are redrawing political and military alliances, and oil-rich countries like Russia and Venezuela are enjoying greater influence. Michael Klare, author of Rising Power, Shrinking Planet, calls it the “new international energy order.”

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Wednesday’s show · April 2, 2008

  • InterviewsIn ‘Bush’s Law,’ Secret Surveillance Efforts Revealed
    In 2005, The New York Times revealed that the National Security Agency had performed wiretaps and other surveillance without court orders. It was a story the Bush administration hoped to keep under wraps, says reporter Eric Lichtblau. Lichtblau’s new book is Bush’s Law.

    Web Extra: Read an Excerpt

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Tuesday’s show · April 1, 2008

  • Interviews‘The Bin Ladens,’ A Complicated Family Tree
    Author Steve Coll details the complicated family history of Osama bin Laden, one of 54 children born to Mohamed bin Laden. The elder bin Laden transformed himself from an illiterate bricklayer into an immensely wealthy and powerful businessman.

    Web Extra: Read an Excerpt

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Monday’s show · March 3, 2008

  • IraqLinda Bilmes on Our ‘Three Trillion Dollar War’
    The cost of war in Iraq reaches beyond the bullets and bombs, says Linda Bilmes, co-author (with Joseph Stiglitz) of the new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War. They join Fresh Air to talk about potential long-term expenses from the war.

    Web Extra: Read an Excerpt

  • Iraq
  • Joseph Stiglitz on Our ‘Three Trillion Dollar War’
    Iraq war costs reach beyond the tab for bullets and bombs, says Joseph Stiglitz, co-author (with Linda Bilmes) of the new book The Three Trillion Dollar War. They join Fresh Air to talk about potential long-term expenses from the war.

    Web Extra: Read an Excerpt

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Interviews
Edward Lucas on ‘The New Cold War’ with Russia
Repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, journalist Edward Lucas writes, is matched by a new aggression abroad. It amounts to what Lucas calls “a new Cold War” fought with cash, natural resources, diplomacy and propaganda.
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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Tuesday’s show · Feb. 12, 2008

Tuesday’s Show and Music

InterviewsCandidates’ Prescriptions for Health Care Reform

If there’s one thing the presidential primary candidates agree on, it’s that the American health-care system could use some treatment — if not a complete overhaul. Political scientist Jonathan Oberlander diagnoses the ailments and examines the remedies offered by each candidate.

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Monday’s show · Feb. 4, 2008

Monday’s Show

PoliticsPhilip Shenon, Scrutinizing the 9/11 Investigation Missed evidence, ignored clues, political considerations—investigative journalist Philip Shenon examines the shortcomings of the 9/11 Commission.
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Iraq: What Next for the U.S.?Iraqi Women’s-Rights Activist Yanar Mohammed
Baghdad-born activist Yanar Mohammed directs the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. She left Iraq in 1993, but since 2003, she has divided her time between her home country and her home in Canada. Mohammed’s organization works to stop atrocities against Iraqi women and defend their rights; her activism has made her the target of death threats.
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InterviewsBattling Hospital-Acquired Infections
Two million patients get bacterial infections from health-care workers each year. Nearly 100,000 of them die as a result. Dr. Richard Shannon argues that those infections — and deaths — are preventable. ————————–

Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Tuesday’s show · Jan. 8, 200

InterviewsJames Hansen and Mark Bowen on Censored Science

James Hansen, a leading NASA climate scientist, says the Bush administration has tried to silence his warnings about global warming. Writer and scientist Mark Bowen wrote a book on the affair: Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming.

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and now a few articles on science and art
InterviewsFrancis Collins: A Scientist’s Case for God Scientist Francis Collins makes a case for the existence of God in his book The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Collins, an evangelical Christian, headed the National Human Genome Research Project. ——————–

Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Wednesday’s show · March 5, 2008

  • AuthorsRichard Price Details a Gritty ‘Lush Life’
    Novelist and screenwriter Richard Price discusses his new novel, Lush Life, about the repercussions of a shooting on the Lower East side. Price has written extensively about the realities of inner city life; he is a writer for HBO’s The Wire which ends a five-year run on Sunday.

    Web Extra: Read an Excerpt

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Tuesday’s show · Jan. 29, 2008

  • Music Interviews & ProfilesPunk Legends Form Rock Band Carbon/Silicon
    Old friends Mick Jones, former lead guitarist of The Clash, and Tony James, once of the Billy Idol-fronted Generation X, have teamed up in a band called Carbon/Silicon. They’ve been giving away songs for free on their Web site, but their new album, The Last Post, is an official hard-copy CD.

    Web Extra: Hear the Music

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Fresh Air from WHYY

Listen to Friday’s show · Dec. 28, 2007

Interviews‘Fresh Air’ Reflects: Actress Nancy Cartwright

Our weeklong retrospective of the year’s most entertaining interviews continues with Nancy Cartwright. You’ve probably heard her work, but you may not have known it was her. She’s the voice of Bart Simpson.