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Author David Garrow's critical look at the rise of Barack Obama Dec 28, 2017

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Obama himself spent eight hours reading the manuscript. But Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama is very much an unauthorized biography. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Garrow describes how the 44th president shaped his personal life to create the right political image.

What is the deep state? Dec 21, 2017

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Polls show 48 percent of Americans believe a deep state of bureaucrats is out to sabotage President Trump. But the Deep State is much more than a right-wing conspiracy theory, and it's much older than last year's election.

After Alabama, what's next for the GOP? Dec 14, 2017

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President Trump and some Republicans were licking their wounds after Democrat Doug Jones' stunning upset in Alabama's race for the US Senate. But others were positively relieved. Conservatives openly disagree about how much character counts.

A second nuclear age? Dec 07, 2017

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North Korea, China, India, Pakistan and Iran all have nuclear programs, potentially threatening the US. Does nuclear non-proliferation still make sense?

How Putin helped Trump win Nov 30, 2017

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In his new book Collusion former Moscow bureau-chief for the Guardian, Luke Harding, lays to waste any doubt that the Kremlin aided Donald J. Trump to become President of the United States.

Sexual harassment: New rules to address age-old problems? Nov 22, 2017

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Is this country finally turning a corner when it comes to sexual harassment?

Gun control, then and now Nov 21, 2017

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Are there any effective strategies that work to curb gun violence?

From broadcast to podcast! Nov 13, 2017

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To the Point is a weekly reality check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world.

How Big Tech improves and disrupts our lives Nov 10, 2017

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Today, on our final radio broadcast, we look at how new technology has changed everything since we first went on the air in the year 2000. It's Google, the iPhone and much, much more.

Fake news, social media and a new news order Nov 09, 2017

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From broadcasting to cable news to Facebook, Twitter, websites and bloggers. We hear how technology has changed journalism since this program first went on the air in the year 2000.

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