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Scott Simon

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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NPR's host Scott Simon joins Kojo to discuss his career -- from his early work on as a foreign correspondent to his current gig hosting Weekend Edition Saturday. He's just released his debut novel "Pretty Birds" which was inspired...

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The Cloud Atlas (Rebroadcast)

Monday, May 30, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese floated 10,000 giant balloons - filled with hydrogen and explosives - across the Pacific and into North America. Author Liam Callanan looks at this real-life terror campaign, and why it...

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Clashing Views: Islam vs. the West

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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Has the so-called "War against Terror" unraveled into an all-out clash between Western and Islamic civilizations? It seems so, says the Wall Street Journal's roving foreign journalist Yarolslav Trofimov, at least from a Muslim...

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Soldier Deaths During Wartime

Monday, May 23, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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Why do soldiers risk their lives to recover the remains of fallen comrades? Why does the US military still expend time and money trying to locate soldiers remains from the Korean war, decades after hostilities ended? And what does our...

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The Downing Street Memo

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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A secret memo from the office of prime minister Tony Blair - written in July 2002 but leaked to the British press earlier this month - calls into question the Bush administration’s motive for war in Iraq. We look at its current...

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Tracing Terrorist Financing

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 12:06 p.m.
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Four years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we look at what is known about the funding source for terror networks. And why some experts worry about an extensive New Economy of Terror that is blurring the lines between legitimate and...

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Political Unrest in Ecuador

Thursday, Apr 21, 2005 at 1:50 p.m.
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After days of public unrest, Ecuador's Congress President Luiz Gutierrez has been forced to resign. We look at what led to this, including the President's role in disbanding the country's Supreme Court.

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"Lucky Child"

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2005 at 1:32 p.m.
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Loung Ung was trained to be a child soldier after her parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. But Ung escaped to America in 1980 as a 10-year-old Cambodian refugee, leaving her sister behind. Hear about their reunion 15 years later, and...

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Zimbabwe

Monday, Apr 18, 2005 at 1:33 p.m.
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Secretary of State Rice has described Zimbabwe as "one of the last outposts of tyranny". After recent elections that solidified his base, President Robert Mugabe claims he has a democratic mandate to continue his campaign against...

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"The Men Who Stare At Goats"

Thursday, Apr 14, 2005 at 1:32 p.m.
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A British documentarian says the American military has been researching paranormal warfare for some time. He joins Kojo to discuss his humorous but purportedly fact-based look at American attempts to harness the benefits of paranormal and...

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"Voices in Wartime"

Tuesday, Apr 12, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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Making sense of the experiences of war through poetry. Hear about a new documentary that lets the voices of soldiers, psychiatrists, refugees, scholars, and other observers -- from ancient Babylonia to the fields of Troy to the current...

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Military Recruitment

Thursday, Apr 7, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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With the U.S. military routinely missing its recruitment targets in recent months, many have warned of dire consequences for the nation's armed forces. Why is the military having such a hard time, and what is it doing to address the...

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Afghanistan's Opium Trade

Monday, Mar 28, 2005 at 1:06 p.m.
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Three years after the ousting of the Taliban, reports are that Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a narco-state. The State Department reported recently that Afghanistan's opium cultivation tripled to an all-time high in 2004, with...

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Hotel Rwanda (Rebroadcast)

Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:36 p.m.
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Hear the story of a hotel manager in Rwanda who sheltered over a thousand Tutsi refugees from certain death in 1994. Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero portrayed in the new feature film "Hotel Rwanda," talks with Kojo about...

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Pol Pot

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005 at 1:27 p.m.
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Pol Pot and the Khemer Rouge's reign in Cambodia represent one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes in human history. We'll look back at the historical, cultural and political forces that led to their reign, and ask what lessons...

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