Oct 5th, 2008 · Classical music historian Robert Greenberg speaks with host Liane Hansen about historic campaign songs. Music and politics have been intertwined in the United States since the 1800s when President Thomas Jefferson and President John Quincy Adams were in office.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · William Longbrake served as chief financial officer for the failed savings and loan from 1982 until 2002. Longbrake says he started warning management about a housing bubble in 2003. Now, he says the government needs to act to stop irrational panic from making the situation worse.
Sep 30th, 2008 · A judge in New York threw out a suit against ladies' night. Roy Den Hollander claims that cheap drinks for women discriminate against men. His case came before a female judge, who told him to get lost. In Iowa City, Iowa, a cop told a drunken man to get lost. The 21-year-old said the officer looked like he needed a hug. The cop warned him off. But even though it caused his arrest, Luke Schreder bravely gave that hug.
Sep 24th, 2008 · The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Tuesday for Troy Davis. The Georgia inmate was scheduled to be executed for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer. Linda Wertheimer reports.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · Barack Obama has already broken countless racial barriers in his historic run for America's highest office. In this installment of the "This American Moment" series, Randall Kennedy talks about what it would mean if Obama lost the election.
Sep 21st, 2008 · Rochelle Behrens' designs cater to professional women in Washington, D.C. She creates suit separates that can be mixed for variety, and her dress shirts are specifically made to prevent those dreaded gaps in the chest area.
Sep 21st, 2008 · South African President Thabo Mbeki is stepping down after his ruling African National Congress demanded he leave office over allegations he abused his power in the corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Mbeki's biographer Mark Gevisser talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the political crisis in South Africa.
Sep 18th, 2008 · Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni narrowly won an election to head the country's ruling party. Livni is likely to succeed Ehud Olmert as prime minister. He is leaving office in the midst of scandal. Mark MacKinnon, the Middle East correspondent for the Toronto Globe and Mail, talks with Steve Inskeep about the election.