Nov 18th, 2008 · Purchasing toxic assets from banks is still the fairest way to save the American economy, say two University of Maryland economics professors. To prove it, they had a group of graduate students take part in what's known as a reverse auction.
Oct 20th, 2008 · The economy seems to have pushed healthcare right out of the headlines. Trudy Lieberman, head of the graduate journalism program in health and medical reporting at the City University in New York, discusses the healthcare plans of both candidates and why health care policy is so difficult to understand.
Sep 20th, 2008 · Graduates of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College are gathering for a reunion at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisc. Murray Horwitz, a graduate of the Clown College, which operated from 1968 to 1997, talks with Scott Simon about what clowns do for fun.
Sep 14th, 2008 · The Noble Network of Charter Schools takes poor and immigrant students who are often two to four years behind grade level. Through an intensive learning environment, nearly all the students graduate and some go on to the country's top colleges.
Aug 21st, 2008 · The ongoing conflict in Georgia's South Ossetia has killed an unknown number of the region's citizens, and left thousands displaced. Many Russians believe that American media has unfairly portrayed their nation as a villain in the conflict. Olga Ivanova, a graduate student from Russia, discusses her recent Washington Post editorial explaining a different perspective.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Russian military forces continue to occupy South Ossetia and Abkhazia, in what appears to be a defiance to compromise with Georgia over the disputed territories. Host Michel Martin talks to Davit Mamulaishvili, a graduate student from Georgia, about the conflict and its impact on the people there.
Jul 20th, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen speaks with first-time novelist Christina Meldrum, a litigator and Harvard graduate. In Madapple, readers enter the household of an exceptionally disturbed family, where questions about faith and religion abound. (Knopf, ISBN-10: 0375851763)
Jul 14th, 2008 · As many high school graduates prepare for college this summer, others are getting their passports and heading off on a kind of sabbatical. A growing number of students are taking a short break from the academic grind in order to travel and work.