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Shirley Chisholm: Challenging & Changing the Political Status Quo (Rebroadcast)

Monday, May 31, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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How the Brooklyn-born daughter of Caribbean immigrants change America's past, present, and future. And why she hated being celebrated as 'the first black woman to serve in Congress.'

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Kojo & Kalb

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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Veteran broadcaster Marvin Kalb joins Kojo to offer some historical perspective on the challenges facing Washington, from Iran to the Korean peninsula.

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The Changing Face of Psychiatry

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:32 p.m.
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Exploring the history of psychiatry and how science is transforming the treatments people receive.

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Lessons of War: Learning from the Past

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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How the Spanish American war resonates today. And what history can teach us about so-called Wars of Choice.

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Toqueville's Discovery of America

Monday, May 10, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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We've all read Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy in America. Now we examine the man and his journey: a new portrait probes the 25-year-old aristocrat's trek through salons and saloons from Boston to New Orleans.

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Race, Ethnicity and Housing

Monday, May 3, 2010 at 12:06 p.m.
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A century ago, Baltimore enacted the first laws restricting where African Americans could live. The legacy endures, as race continues to play a role in where people live and the kinds of home loans they can get. We'll look at the history...

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When Localities Take On Immigration

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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Arizona last week put in place a sweeping new immigration law. But localities in the Washington region, including Prince William County, have been trying to move out in front of the federal government on immigration for several years. We...

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Life and Culture in an Age of Climate Change

Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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Leading author and environmental activist Bill McKibben discusses how culture and public policy must adapt in the face of global climate change.

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"Dining with Al-Qaeda"

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:27 p.m.
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We explore the paradoxes and idiosycrasies of the Middle East.

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Funeral Traditions in the African American Community

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:28 p.m.
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Throughout American history, funerals have played an important cultural role in African-American communities, serving as meeting places for abolitionists and later, civil rights activists. And as segregated businesses-- typically owned and...

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Nell Irvin Painter & The History of "Whiteness"

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:32 p.m.
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Why being white could be defined as simply being 'not black'-- or maybe not...

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Why Intelligence Fails

Monday, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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Kojo talks with a leading scholar about intelligence failures in recent American history, and how they affect our foreign policy.

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History and Future of the Postal Service

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:30 p.m.
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We explore the history of the U.S. Postal Service in American life, and its future in the digital age.

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Changing an Institution: The U.S. Postal Service

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:06 p.m.
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We talk with Postmaster General John Potter about the drastic cuts he proposes for the U.S. Postal Service.

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Responding to the Quake: Chile Digs Out

Tuesday, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:06 p.m.
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As Chile responds to one of the biggest earthquakes in history, we get a primer on the nation's political and economic history.

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.