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Knocking Heads |
| Episode Number: |
408 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
New science has determined young athletes are risking permanent brain damage if concussions are untreated. Also, professional athletes and brain damage. |
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SOLD! |
| Episode Number: |
407 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Ft. Myers Florida is knee deep in bankruptcies and foreclosures. But even bad economic times can be profitable. Also, the woman in charge of finding the billions in tax dollars given to the banks. |
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Yankee, Go Home! |
| Episode Number: |
406 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
The new President of Bolivia promotes coca growth and expels US drug agents. A military school with a questionable past is training soldiers from Latin America. Plus, the US Ambassador to Afghanistan. |
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The Castle Doctrine |
| Episode Number: |
405 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
A new breed of laws is rapidly giving Americans more rights to use deadly force to defend themselves and their property. |
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Target: Philippines |
| Episode Number: |
404 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
American troops fighting terrorists in the Philippines have become a model for the global war on terror. |
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A Dream Fulfilled |
| Episode Number: |
403 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Many who were living in Memphis when Dr. King was assassinated travel to Washington, D.C. to see their dream fulfilled. And, Civil Rights pioneer Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Van Jones, the guru of "green jobs." |
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War Without End |
| Episode Number: |
402 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
The latest from Gaza. Madeline Albright on the Middle East Crisis and J Street--a controversial group of American Jews who are advocating peace. |
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The Commander |
| Episode Number: |
401 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Dan Rather travels to Afghanistan to interview the American general in charge of quelling the growing insurgency. Also a visit to frontline U.S. forces. |
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The Most Wanted Man in Iran |
| Episode Number: |
342 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Meet the leader of a group killing Iranian soldiers along the country's border with Pakistan. The Iranians call them terrorists with ties to Al Qaeda, but the group's leader says they're freedom fighters. Plus a weapon the U.S. wants to use but other countries want to ban. |
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Whiz Kids |
| Episode Number: |
341 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Wall Street is now attracting a huge percentage of graduates from the nation's elite colleges and universities, and some are questioning if this is the best use of this countries brightest young minds. Also, Israel and its amazing contributions to the high tech world. And after another devastating hurricane, questions about whether to rebuild Galveston, Texas. |
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Pollution in Paradise |
| Episode Number: |
340 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
One of the most valuable and pristine natural habitats in the world, the Galapagos Islands are now threatened due in part to a flood of tourists. Dan Rather travels to the islands to examine the rapidly changing environment there. |
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Coca, Si, Cocaine, No |
| Episode Number: |
339 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
A conversation with the President of Bolivia. Farmers there are growing huge amounts of coca plants used to manufacture cocaine, but it's also considered a century old medicine. Also, a look at how the Pentagon sees 21st Century U.S. military. It's a radical transformation. |
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Conquering the Concrete |
| Episode Number: |
338 - V2 |
| Synopsis: |
America's roads, parking lots and rooftops are a major source of pollution. Also, interracial adoption and how Houston desegregated. |
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Conquering the Concrete |
| Episode Number: |
338 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
America's roads, parking lots and rooftops are a major source of pollution. Also, interracial adoption and how Houston desegregated. |
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To Never Forget |
| Episode Number: |
337 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
A special Veteran's Day look at the wounds of war. Plus the election of Barack Obama through the eyes of a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and historian. And thoughts from voting lines across America on election day. |
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Election Night 2008 |
| Episode Number: |
336 |
| Synopsis: |
Comprehensive live election coverage from the very best. Dan Rather anchors coverage of this historic election night live from the Newseum in Washington, DC. |
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Election.com |
| Episode Number: |
335 |
| Synopsis: |
The 2008 Presidential election has seen the rise of internet web sites as increasingly setting the daily news agenda. Also, premiere pollster Nate Silver on the election. And a look back at how much has changed in the south in just two generations. |
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A Few Good Men, A Lot Of Bad Water |
| Episode Number: |
334 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
A former Marine Corps drill sergeant believes toxic chemicals in the water supply at Camp Lejeune, NC, led to the death of his daughter. Also, Nobel Prize winner economist Paul Krugman. And the new face of the Peace Corps. |
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Out at Home |
| Episode Number: |
333 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
Did the 700-billion dollar bailout bill address the primary problem with the economy? A look at an initiative to re-work loans called HOPE NOW. Plus America's sick economy is infecting nations around the world. And re-inventing education in East Los Angeles. |
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...Going, Going... |
| Episode Number: |
332 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: |
In Glacier National Park there is dramatic evidence of climate change as scientists watch the glaciers melting away at an alarming rate, also the politics of global warming. |
