https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/40856-francos-win-at-eurovision
Eurovision, otherwise known as Europe's "American Idol," is no stranger to political gamesmanship. But a new documentary claims that British singer Sir Cliff...
wnyc studiosfrancowineurovisionsoundcheck
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/169651-texas-debates-confederate-license-plates
The Texas DMV will decide on Thursday whether to accept a license place with the Confederate flag on it. Texas would become the 10th state to approve a...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/caught/articles/watch-elegy-dwayne-betts
Contributor Dwayne Betts with his poem, "Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing."
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/rise-and-potential-fall-nicaraguas-daniel-ortega
Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega was once hailed as a revolutionary for ending the dynastic Samoza rule in the '70s. But now he faces opposition that may be...
the takeawaymassprotestsundermineauthority
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/240231-teaching-blind-children-see-their-ears
Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but he has been able to lead a very active life and enjoys hobbies such as hiking and mountain-biking....
the takeawayteachingblindchildrensee
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/school-discipline-corporal-punishment-mediation
Traditional discipline practices have been shown to be ineffective and discriminatory. Now, educators are experimenting with restorative models that empower...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/35725-britain-gets-its-first-televised-debates-prime-minister-elections
In America, it's part of the regular political dance; candidates square off in televised debates, after which all sides claim a win for the night. But even...
prime ministerbritaingetsfirsttelevised
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/8632-president-fights
As the lavish AIG executive bonuses continue to infuriate the nation, the Obama administration is swearing to step in. But due to existing contracts and the...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/5969-boy-chases-girl-500-summer-days
A nerdy-boy-meets-beautiful-girl flick, "500 Days of Summer" invites you into a love story set in Los Angeles. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Daschanel play...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/episodes/politics-amy-walter-defund-police
Plus, a conversation with Congressman Clyburn about addressing systemic racism in U.S. institutions.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/episodes/literary-chamber-rock-quintet-oracle-hysterical-adapts-greek-tragedy-in-studio
Part book club, part composer collective, five-piece band Oracle Hysterical's "Hecuba" is both chamber song-cycle and art-rock concept album. They'll play...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/pull-21st-century-conflicts-draws-reluctant-white-house
During the Cold War, there was predictability to the chess board. But even Obama Administration officials say the crisis in Ukraine, and especially ISIS,...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/archive?day=7&month=12&year=2015
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-episode-2-part-2-on-the-media
How a luxury trip to Alaska turned into a Supreme Court ethics scandal.
the fishing tripon mediawnyc studiospart
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/trumpinc/episodes/introducing-will-be-wild
Andrea Bernstein introduces Trump, Inc. listeners to Will be Wild, her new podcast with Ilya Marritz.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/6874-fort-hood-killings-spotlight-mental-health-us-military
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly killed 13 people and wounded 29 others during a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas last week, is an Army psychiatrist,...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/nostalgia-new-york-seventies
All this week on Soundcheck, we're talking about nostalgia and New York music in collaboration with New York magazine, which this week is presenting their...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/128735-may-12-2006
Watching the government watching us- and American pollsters sell negativity south of the border.
on the mediawnyc studiosmay
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/episodes/41268-where-are-todays-cultural-dissidents
In the past month, Russian conductor Valery Gergiev endorsed Moscow's military actions in Georgia. Meanwhile, China's top musicians performed at the Beijing...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/al-gore-time-get-active-climate-change
Next week, scientists, global leaders, and activists will meet to address the growing impacts of climate change. Former Vice President Al Gore continues to...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/terrorist-threat-belgium
By some accounts, Belgium has provided the Islamic State with more fighters than any other E.U. nation, per capita. How did this tiny nation become a breeding...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/38748-spiral-frog
A new online music store promises free legal downloading. Will it work? Joining us is Ina Fried, senior writer for CNET News, the online computing and...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/7701-lebanon-aims-not-start-another-war-israel
Lebanon's prime minister is condemning rocket attacks on Israel and has called for investigations by both the army and the United Nations. This has not stopped...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/articles/what-the-next-us-president-must-face-in-gaza
Kai gets on the call with historian Arash Azizi to discuss the path to a ceasefire deal in the Middle East for the current administration and the road ahead...
what theu snextpresidentmust
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/cities-does-density-mean-coronavirus-destiny-repeat
Instinctive anti-urbanism in coronavirus coverage has a long history in America.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/shaun-donovan-sandy-recovery-effort
One year ago this week, Sandy devastated the Eastern Seaboard, leaving at least 117 dead, thousands homeless and an estimated $65 billion in damage. President...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/131849-the-spirit-of-america
A new three-minute montage approved by the Bush administration mixes quick clips from classic American movies together in a tribute to patriotism. Some of the...
spirit of americaon mediawnyc studios
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/congress-increases-debt-ceiling-despite-procrastination
Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich explains how the two warring parties were able to reach a tentative agreement ahead of the Nov. 3 deadline.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/130039-the-long-tale
Two new translations of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace came out last fall. It seems everyone agrees that the 460,000-word novel is a masterpiece, but does anyone...
on mediawnyc studioslongtale
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/132566-oopsies
The Disney Corporation recently announced that it'll offer a full refund for parents who bought Baby Einstein DVDs, which are reputed to make infants smarter....
on the mediawnyc studiosoopsies
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/projects/beyondthebadge
The Takeaway was a national daily news show from WNYC, PRX and WGBH that aired for 15 years on public radio.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/158146-republicans-face-tea-party-debate
The GOP presidential candidates faced off last night before an audience of 1,000 Tea Party activists in Tampa, Florida. Gov. Rick Perry, who has surged to the...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/fog-war-devastating-conflict-on-the-media
As faraway observers try to make sense of events in the Middle East, some incidents get murkier by the day.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/catholic-bishops-signal-potential-shifts-divorce-homosexuality
A report from a meeting of Catholic Bishops, convened to discuss the family and contemporary society, signals a potential shift on divorce and homosexuality.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/archive?day=17&month=6&year=2009
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/35734-should-parent-be-allowed-return-child
A Tennessee woman who returned her adopted child to Russia is causing a diplomatic crisis. We talk about how it feels to be rejected as an adopted child with...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/9109-seven-stimulus-lessons
The stimulus plan was Obama's first attempt at pulling together a bipartisan A team and it didn't go so well. It now seems that the Democrats and Republics are...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/russia-ukraine-peace-war
The White House continues to pivot between Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and the Islamic State in Iraq. Are there any good options left for the...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/seattle-storm-hold-rally-planned-parenthood
A trend toward activism in the WNBA and a liberal political climate in Seattle have made this a popular move for the team.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/7986-mixed-signals-bottom
Key economic indicators are still giving mixed signals about the recovery of the nation's economy. Housing numbers were up, but now they are down; consumer...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/notetoself/segments/310869-biographies-in-the-age-email
For centuries, biographers have relied on letters to bring historical figures to life, from Gandhi to Catherine the Great. But over the past two decades, most...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/222735-political-screaming-match
The Pew Research center recently disclosed that America is more divided along partisan lines than at any other time in the past 25 years. As a society,...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/technology-dehumanizing-workforce
In a push for workplace efficiency, are we losing the human expertise and interactions that fuel new ideas? In his new book, "Mindless: Why Smarter Machines...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/episodes/the-takeaway-2021-10-20
For our second Deep Dive, progressive scholar, organizer, and media personality Dorian Warren joined our host to explore the very personal system of child care...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/heresthething/episodes/htt-paul-simon
The great singer, songwriter, and New Yorker tells Alec Baldwin how he has and hasn't changed after all these years.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/studio/segments/rap-lyrics-take-the-stand
Next month, a 23-year-old aspiring rapper Twain Gotti will stand trial for a double murder. What led police to Steward was not a gun or a fingerprint, but the...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/225277-remembering-sherman-hemsley
Actor Sherman Hemsley, who was famous for playing George Jefferson in the 1970s sitcom "The Jeffersons," died in El Paso Texas yesterday at the age of 74....
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/black-white-divide-2014
From Michael Brown in Ferguson to Eric Garner in Staten Island, black and white America seemed very far apart in 2014. Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on the year...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/articles/10956-takeaway-monday-november-9-2009-final-edition
The Takeaway for Monday, November 9, 2009 (Final Edition)
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/hate-debate
Should you be able to say and do whatever you want online? And if not, who should police this?
more perfectwnyc studioshatedebate
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/bj-novak
The Office screenwriter, actor and producer about his new book of short stories, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories -- and we hear some of his favorite...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/episodes/the-takeaway-2016-03-21
The Takeaway explores President Obama's trip to Cuba, we look at the branding strategy used by Donald Trump, and hear from someone with a photographic memory.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/showing-some-appreciation-david-gebel
David Gebel is an executive assistant for WNYC Studios who's been working with the business side of The Takeaway for years.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/electoral-stalemate-leaves-israels-political-future-question
Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Benny Gantz have enough votes to form a government.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/261570-climate-change-priority-obamas-second-term
As President Obama moves into his second term, his policy priorities, and the policies themselves, will likely shift. Coral Davenport, energy and environment...
climate changeobamalistsamongtop
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy/articles/nancy-starter-kit
If you're new to the Nancy podcast, or if you've been a fan for years but want to reconnect with some of our most popular episodes, then you're in the right...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/gaza-palestinians-continue-protesting-amid-violence
More than 50 Palestinian protesters were killed by the Israeli army in a series of clashes spurred, in part, by the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
gaza proteststhe takeawaydozenskilledthousands
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/154896-coastal-residents-prepare-hurricane-irene
Hurricane Irene is charging toward the East Coast with Category 3 power, and meteorologists are warning people from North Carolina up to New England to prepare...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/presidentbannon
WH chief strategist Steve Bannon is credited with influencing the president's every move. Brooke speaks with Joshua Green who profiled him for Bloomberg News.
on the mediawnyc studios
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/41825-when-a-cd-is-more-than-a-cd
Lurking in every music fan's collection is an album that changed a life in some way, big or small. Today we ask you about "The Album That Changed Your Life," a...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/105383-china-raises-interest-unexpected-christmas-surprise
On Christmas Day, the Chinese central bank raised interest rates 0.25 percent, or 25 basis points, to 5.81 percent. It's the second such hike in just over two...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/heresthething/episodes/waste-episode
Two of the world's leading thinker-practitioners on how humans can handle our huge and growing output of wastewater and trash.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/episodes/the-takeaway-2021-03-04
Employees in Texas have been asked to use their vacation time or forgo pay for the days of work missed during the unprecedented storm.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/41813-eddie-palmieri
Latin jazzer bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has earned the nickname of "el rumbero del piano." He has won nine Grammys in a career that spans five...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/helga/articles/novelist-walter-mosley-on-family-and-forging-his-own-path
Acclaimed crime fiction author Walter Mosley discusses characters and stories he wants to celebrate in his novels, and reflects on the complicated relationship...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nyc-now/imminent-danger
NYC delivers in-depth reporting and analysis from across WNYC and Gothamist for all New Yorkers. Transcripts are posted to individual episode pages as they...
wnyc studiosimminentdangerpodcasts
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/151324-markets-live
The Dow Industrial Average opened down 226 points, or two percent, as U.S. markets reacted to the unprecedented downgrade of the federal government's credit...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/taxes-tedious
We all know that doing taxes is a miserable experience. Less well known: that tax prep companies want to keep it that way.
on the mediawnyc studiostedioustaxes
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-we-keep-our-communities-safe-on-the-media
We're hearing increasing calls to "defund the police." What could we fund instead?
on the mediakeepcommunitiessafewnyc
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/republican-republican-ohios-medicaid-expansion-fight
Republican Governor John Kasich finds himself at war with his GOP-dominated legislature over Medicaid expansion. Takeaway listener and Athens, Ohio resident...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/listen-entire-2016-election-just-4-minutes
It's been an intense campaign, but we couldn't pass up one more chance to look back at the highs and lows of the 2016 election.
listenentireelectionminutes
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/sacramento-tensions-run-high-city-prepares-stephon-clarks-funeral
The city of Sacramento is coming off of days of protest and anguish after an unarmed black man was shot dead by police.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/sinclair-growing-reach-conservative-media
If Sinclair Broadcast Group buys Tribune, it will become the largest TV broadcasting company in the country. Will the company use its access to spread a...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-about-bill
When Juanita Broaddrick first accused President Bill Clinton of sexual assault, the media dismissed her. Maybe they shouldn't have.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/womens-march-its-message-still-urgent-2019
The Women's March launched a movement. Is it still alive today?
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/dissident-journalist-believed-assassinated-saudi-hit-team-turkey
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing last month after visiting the Saudi consulate in Turkey.
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/hate-debate?utm_source=www.popehat.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=life-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope
Should you be able to say and do whatever you want online? And if not, who should police this?
more perfectwnyc studioshatedebate
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/210238-donna-summer-disco-queen-and-uneasy-gay-icon
Donna Summer died yesterday at the age of 63. She held many titles, including Disco Queen, Grammy winner, number one chart topper, and of course, gay icon. But...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dear-hank-john/episodes/241-exhaustive-exhausting-study
How do I wrangle a lot of crickets? Is a paperback version of a new book worth the wait? What do I keep having recurring dreams about Nicolas Cage being my...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/130781-troubled-times
Most media critics, if they believed it would happen at all, figured it would take a few months, a decent interval, before Howell Raines left the helm of the...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/225610-true-cost-olympics
Even though the original estimate for the cost of the London Olympics was $6.5 billion, this week it was announced the cost will be over 100 percent more at...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/42841-carly-simon
Carly Simon was in her 20s when she wrote songs like "You're So Vain" and "Anticipation." Over 30 years later, she re-recorded them on a new album, Never Been...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/130636-the-world-press
Two years after the September 11th attacks, the sympathy expressed around the world for the U.S. has largely dissipated. A quick flip through the major...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/insurance-companies-slipping-blame-obamacare
United Health Care, the biggest private sector health insurer in the country, has said that they might exit ACA exchanges after losing more than $400 million...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/312975-nsa-oversteps-its-legal-authority
According to documents provided by Edward Snowden to the Washington Post's Barton Gellman, the NSA has overstepped its legal authority thousands of times since...
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