It's All Politics
3:26 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Supreme Court's Arizona Ruling Could Aid Obama While Vexing Romney

Originally published on Fri June 29, 2012 7:47 am

The political impact of Monday's Supreme Court ruling that three of four provisions of Arizona's immigration enforcement law are unconstitutional — and that a fourth could eventually be found to be — certainly appeared, at first blush, to be a significant political win for President Obama.

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World Cafe
3:23 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Next: Megan Reilly

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Megan Reilly.

Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 9:52 am

  • Hear two new tracks by Megan Reilly
Music Reviews
3:10 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

A Posthumous Masterpiece Adds To E.S.T.'s Legacy

Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 9:51 am

When the pianist Esbjorn Svensson died in a scuba accident in 2008, many fans of his group, the Swedish trio known as E.S.T., wondered if there might be some unreleased experiments lurking in a studio vault. There were. Just out is a disc called 301, which was recorded in 2008 during sessions for the group's final album.

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All Songs Considered Blog
3:04 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Before A Flood Of Song Premieres, Hear The Antlers' 'Drift Dive'

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The Antlers will release the Undersea EP on July 24.

Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 9:49 am

The Antlers' 2009 album Hospice was the kind of feat no one would want to duplicate: It was audaciously beautiful and beloved by critics, but its wrenching songs reflect and expound upon highly specific personal losses for singer-guitarist Peter Silberman.

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The Salt
2:11 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Cooking Regional Food When You're Far From The Fava Beans

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Chef Mino Massi and his son Robi prep food from Puglia at the Washington, D.C. convention center.

Originally published on Mon June 25, 2012 2:19 pm

How do you showcase regional food when you're not in the region? Don't smuggle the salami in, that's for sure.

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The Two-Way
2:05 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

80 Percent Of Lightning Strike Victims Are Male, But Why?

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Lightning streaks across the sky in Tyler, Texas, as a powerful line of thunderstorms moved across the state in April.

Originally published on Mon June 25, 2012 3:42 pm

This tweet from the National Weather Service caught our attention, today:

"More than 80% of lightning victims are male. Be a force of nature by knowing your risk, taking action and being an example"

Eighty percent seemed to us pretty significant, so we turned to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and asked, "Why?"

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Law
2:03 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Immigration Ruling May Close, Open Legal Windows

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Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer leaves a podium at the state Capitol in Phoenix after responding to President Obama's immigration speech on June 15. Brewer said the speech represented a "pre-emptive strike" aimed at what then was an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law.

Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 6:16 am

The Supreme Court's decision to strike down much of Arizona's immigration law is being hailed as a victory by both sides in a fight likely to spawn many more legal battles.

Monday, the court struck down three of four provisions in the law but upheld, at least for the moment, a controversial measure allowing police to check the immigration status of anyone stopped or detained for any reason.

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Channel 5
1:30 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Masterpiece: Endeavour

It's 1965, and a 15-year-old Oxford schoolgirl, last seen waiting alone in the rain at a bus stop on early Sunday morning, has disappeared and is presumed dead. The hunt for Mary Tremlett draws rookie Detective Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), the conflicted young detective on the verge of resignation, back to the university he'd suddenly left only a few years before.

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Animals
1:25 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Reviving Extinct Species May Not Be Science Fiction

Originally published on Mon June 25, 2012 1:26 pm

Transcript

NEAL CONAN, HOST:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan.

Wander through one of this country's fine museums of natural history and you'll see animals you'll never see in a zoo: the wooly mammoth, the dodo bird, animals extinct for centuries. But for Stewart Brand extinct doesn't mean gone forever. He's working on a new project, "Revive and Restore," to de-extinct animals we never thought we'd see alive.

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Channel 5
1:17 pm
Mon June 25, 2012

Austin City Limits: Randy Newman

With songs that run the gamut from heartbreaking to satirical and a host of unforgettable film scores, Randy Newman has used his many talents to create musical masterpieces widely recognized by generations of audiences. This special solo performance is his Austin City Limits debut.

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