July 2011
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On today's Fresh Air: How ALEC Shapes State...
John Nichols, a political reporter for The Nation, recently wrote the introduction to a series of articles about the relationship that state-based legislators have with a group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a membership-only group that brings together state legislators and representatives of corporations to draft model bills that can then be introduced at the...
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Audio for Terry’s three interviews with...
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Someone on Twitter said that today’s show...
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ALEC Exposed →
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is a group that brings together state legislators and representatives of corporations to draft model bills.
An archive of ALEC documents was recently leaked to the Center for Media and Democracy. On the next Fresh Air, we’ll talk with journalist John Nichols of The Nation, about what these documents reveal.
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NPR's Fresh Air Gives a Fond Farewell to Friday...
fridaynightlights:
Kyle Chandler: Playing A Coach On ‘Friday Night’
Behind The Scenes Of ‘Friday Night Lights’
Spending ‘Friday Night’ With Connie Britton
aired on friday. posting on tuesday.
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“The word compromise faces in two directions. It looks forward to the bargains we...”
– Linguist Geoff Nunberg says the compromises we refuse to make say the most about our character. “Sometimes we stand on principle for the heady satisfaction of showing that we can’t be pushed around,” he says.
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“This was something that had never happened in the history of the CIA....”
– On today’s Fresh Air, how an al-Qaida mole infiltrated the CIA and killed seven CIA agents in 2009
Americans waste an estimated 150 billion pounds of... →
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“Trashing the foursome is the pop critic’s equivalent of playing Angry Birds: a...”
– Ann Powers on hating The Black Eyed Peas (via nprmusic)
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Audio is now up for Terry’s...
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