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Episode 79: Only in Quebec?

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Episodes |

Quebec: A History of UnrestEgypt Votes, Generals Remain?Poetry of the TalibanJoey Ramone's Brother on Posthumous Joey RecordTemple Grandin, Autism and WorkSETI Searches For MoneyThe Reaganomics...

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SETI Fights Fundraising Crunch

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Science |

For over 35 years, the leader of SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -  has been Jill Tarter. She's the astronomer who served as...

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Expectations After Egypt's Election

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Foreign |

The Arab Spring sent Egyptians to the polls this week in the nation's first-ever presidential election.  Two days of voting and millions of ballots...

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Riffed From The Headlines - May 26th Edition

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Riffed |

Here's your weekly chance to win a fancy, rock n roll n awesome Day 6 tote bag.Simply email us your best guess... what news story...

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Comment: William Johnson on Quebec's Culture of Protest

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Comment, Day 6 Blog |

The 100th day of Quebec's student strike passed this week with over 250,000 people marching in the streets of Montreal.  What started as a movement...

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The Return of Joey Ramone

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Arts, Audio, Day 6 Blog, Music |

"...Ya Know?" is the new solo album by Joey Ramone, created from unreleased home recordings and demos recorded before his death in 2001 after a...

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Comment: The Reaganomics of Reagan's Blood

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Contributors, Day 6 Blog, Economics, Mike Lacher |

This week a vial containing Ronald Reagan's blood was donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.  Initially, it was to have been sold through a...

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Temple Grandin: Different...Not Less

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Celebrity, Day 6 Blog, Interview |

  According to a recent study, one in three people with autism have had no paid job experience seven years after leaving high school. And...

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Poetry of the Taliban

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Foreign |

When you think about the Taliban, poetry is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But last week a collection of Taliban poems...

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Web Bonus: Former Captive David Rohde on Taliban Poetry

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Day 6 Blog, Web Only |

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist David Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban in November 2008 and held captive for seven months. During that time, he heard...

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