Thursday, September 14, 2006

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Heirloom Produce

Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:06 p.m.
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You may recognize them from the gourmet aisle by their strange shapes and high price tags. But heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruit and livestock are a tasty living genetic history of food variations in America. Kojo explores the world...

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Port Security

Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 1:06 p.m.
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It's been more than six months since controversy derailed a proposed takeover of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Now a bipartisan deal aimed at tightening waterfront security appears to be mired in election-season posturing. Kojo looks at...

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Kenya's Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 1:32 p.m.
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a young man when he wrote a book on prison-issued toilet paper. His crime: including political messages in a play he'd written. Now a distinguished professor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o joins Kojo to discuss his life, his...

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