WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show
From NPR and WAMU in Washington, The Diane Rehm Show's Friday News Roundup is a fast-paced, informed discussion of the week's top national and international news with a panel of journalists and opinion leaders.
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U.S. Security Challenges
President-elect Obama announces his new security team and promises a boost in diplomatic efforts around the world. An update on the security challenges facing the incoming administration and the latest on the investigation into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
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E-Health
Advances in information technology are leading to major changes in our health care system. A look at some of the trends,including health-related web searches, on-line prescriptions, digitized medical records, and doctors appointments via webcam.
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Consumer Spending and the On-Going Economic Crisis
Americans cut back on their spending in October to levels not seen since the aftermath of nine-eleven. Diane and her guests look at how the current financial crisis is affecting household budgets and what it will take to restore confidence in the US economy.
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Michael Kinsley: "Creative Capitalism" (Simon & Schuster)
Author and "Time" columnist, Michael Kinsley, discusses "creative capitalism," a controversial new idea in which corporations integrate doing good into their way of doing business.
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Barbara Walters: "Audition: A Memoir" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)
Barbara Walters has interviewed heads of state, world leaders, movies stars, criminals, and celebrities. Diane turns the tables and asks her about the groundbreaking television career, high profile romances, and complicated family relationships.
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Michael Dobbs: "One Minute to Midnight" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)
A day-by-day, minute-by-minute account of the Cuban missile crisis based in part on newly available documents that reveal just how close the world came to thermonuclear war.
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Brenda Wineapple "White Heat" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)
The reclusive Emily Dickinson sent letters and poems to a Massachusetts writer and abolitionist for more than thirty years. After her death, he played a key role in revealing Dickinsonâ??s poetic genius to the world. The story and legacy of their unlikely and enduring friendship.
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Lynne Rossetto Kasper & Sally Swift: "The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper" (Clarkson Potter) (R...
The women behind public radio's "The Splendid Table" examine America's evolving sense of food and offer suggestions for shopping, cooking and eating.
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Closing Guantanamo
President-elect Obama has said he'll close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Our panel discusses the series of tough choices awaiting him on how to prosecute suspected terrorists and how to handle those who won't face trial.
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Readers' Review: "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga
Diane invites listeners to join a discussion of the book which received this year's Mann Booker Prize. The judges said it was chosen because it shocked and entertained them in equal measure. "The White Tiger" is a darkly humorous novel about a man's journey from Indian village life to entrepreneur ...
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President-elect Obama's Economic Team
With his new economic team President-elect Obama is reportedly planning the most aggressive stimulus policies since the Great Depression. A look at some of the elements of an expanded economic package and its overall impact on the U.S. economy.
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John Stauffer: "Giants"
President Abraham Lincoln needed abolitionist Frederick Douglass to help save the Union. Douglass needed Lincoln to end slavery. How the views of the two self-made men converged and transformed our country
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The Economy and Pensions
Diane and her guests discuss what the financial crisis means for retirement accounts, including pressures on employers, workers, and retirees.
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Ariel Sabar: "My Father's Paradise" (Algonquin)
In two-thousand-five a son traveled to conflict-ridden Iraq, hoping to understand his fathers past as a Jew in Kurdistan. Its the story of a disappearing way of life and an ancient language on the verge of extinction. It's also a sons story of reconciliation with his father
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Maya Angelou: "Letter To My Daughter" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)
Maya Angelou gave birth to only one child, a son, but says she has thousands of daughters of all backgrounds. A writer's reflections on the life lessons sheâ??d like to pass on.
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The Lame-Duck Congress
Power struggles and priorities of the lame-duck Congress.
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Maya Angelou: "Letter To My Daughter" (Random House)
Maya Angelou gave birth to only one child, a son, but says she has thousands of daughters of all backgrounds. A writer's reflections on the life lessons shed like to pass on.
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The Political Appointment Process
President-elect Barack Obama promises to include Republicans in his Cabinet. A look at the vetting process underway for political appointees and key vacancies being filled.
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H. W. Brands: "Traitor To His Class"
F.D.R. was only twenty-five when he charted a course to the White House. A new biography of the nations thirty-second president and how he broke from his social class to become the most reform-minded president in U.S. history.
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Christopher Plummer "In Spite Of Myself" (Knopf)
A discussion with actor Christopher Plummer about his new memoir, "In Spite of Myself."
WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show
