It's All Politics
12:50 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

Polls Show Americans, Like Their Justices, Are Still Divided Over Health Care

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The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, when the justices released their ruling on President Obama's health care law.

Americans remain about as polarized over President Obama's health care law as the nine members of the Supreme Court, according to polls taken after last week's ruling.

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Krulwich Wonders...
12:41 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

Showing Vultures A Little Love

Originally published on Wed August 1, 2012 11:32 am

Think of a giraffe lying on the Serengeti plain. He has just died, maybe of disease, maybe he was killed by a pride of lions, but now he's a 19-foot-long, 4,000-pound mound of meat, which very soon is going to stink and rot and muck up the neighborhood.

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All Songs Considered Blog
12:39 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

Vote For The Albums Everyone Can Love, For July 3

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 7:48 pm

Another week brings more surprises in our search for the albums everyone can love. According to our most recent poll, a third of you haven't heard the one record we've probably pimped more than any other on All Songs Considered: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago. Really? A third of you haven't even heard it?

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Books
12:30 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

'Monkey Mind': When Debilitating Anxiety Takes Over

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Author and journalist Daniel Smith teaches English at the College of New Rochelle in New York.

Originally published on Thu July 5, 2012 10:18 am

There's a lot to be anxious about — an upcoming job interview, a first date or perhaps a big presentation at work. For some, anxiety can be much more than just sweaty palms and quivering hands. It can be a debilitating condition with severe physical and mental effects.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates that nearly 40 million American adults suffer from a wide range of anxiety disorders — from acute nervousness and increased heart rate to full-on panic attacks.

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World Cafe
12:29 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

Rodney Crowell And Mary Karr On World Cafe

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Rodney Crowell and Mary Karr.

Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell, released last month, is a collaboration between a best-selling author and a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter. Karr and Crowell sing songs about growing up in Texas in the '50s, material they've each grappled with in their own work. Karr's best-selling memoir The Liar's Club deals with themes of family, love and loss.

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The Salt
12:22 pm
Tue July 3, 2012

Three Ways Pie History Is Like HBO's Game Of Thrones

Originally published on Fri October 26, 2012 11:21 am

Much has been written about the real-life historical people and events that inspired Game Of Thrones. Many fans of the hit HBO series and the fantasy books on which it is based know that author G.R.R.

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Remembrances
11:54 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Andy Griffith: A TV Icon From 'Matlock' To Mayberry

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 6:06 pm

In a career that spanned half a century, actor and comedian Andy Griffith starred in five different television series, made more than 30 movies and even recorded a Grammy Award-winning gospel album. He died Tuesday morning in North Carolina at the age of 86.

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The Two-Way
11:52 am
Tue July 3, 2012

After Apology, Pakistan Agrees To Reopen Military Supply Line, Says Clinton

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 5:03 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for the "for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military" during a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops.

When announcing the apology, the AP reports, Clinton also said that Pakistan was reopening a crucial military supply line into Afghanistan. Pakistan had closed its border to the coalition forces since the attack in November.

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The Two-Way
11:30 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Andy Griffith Dies, Was TV's Sheriff Taylor And Matlock

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Andy Griffith in 1960, when he started playing Sheriff Andy Taylor on TV.

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 1:06 pm

Fresh Food
11:23 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Summer Cooking Tips From 'America's Test Kitchen'

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 12:34 pm

Tired of regular old hamburgers and hot dogs for July 4?

You're in luck. On Tuesday's Fresh Air, Jack Bishop and Bridget Lancaster from America's Test Kitchen join Terry Gross to highlight some of their favorite grilling techniques and summer recipes — everything from meats to vegetables to, yes, even desserts.

Bishop and Lancaster have been grilling for years. They love the technique because it concentrates flavors and makes food taste really, really good.

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