Natalie MacLean, author of <em>Red, White and Drunk All Over</em>, joins Host Liane Hansen to discuss how global warming, competition in the wine industry, and organic standards are changing the wine we drink. MacLean also reveals her favorite wine, after more than a decade as a sommelier. (ISBN -10-1-58234-648-8) (6:40)
Host Liane Hansen speaks with first-time novelist Christina Meldrum, a litigator and Harvard graduate. In <em>Madapple</em>, readers enter the lives of a mother and daughter, in which questions about faith, science and religion abound.
Journalist Nathan Hodge is the co-author of the book <em>A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry</em> with his wife, Sharon Weinberger. They traveled to 10 U.S. states and 4 foreign countries to visit nuclear sites, including ones in Nevada, Russia and Iran.
Host Liane Hansen talks to Sylvia Allegretto, an economist with the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. They discuss what the coming minimum wage increase means for workers and employers at a time when the economy is struggling.
Sen. Barack Obama visited Afghanistan before heading to Baghdad, on a road trip designed to prove the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate's foreign policy credentials. Obama will also head to Jordan this week.
Iran has been given two weeks to agree to freeze its uranium enrichment program or face the prospect of new and tougher U.N. sanctions. The timetable stems from seven-country sessions in Geneva, where top-level U.S. and Iranian officials were present.
The Iranians have been consistent for years — they won't compromise on enriching uranium. The United States insists they must. Can Iran and America bridge this gap? Liane Hansen speaks with Vali Nasr, professor of International Politics at Tufts University's Fletcher School of International Affairs and Adjunct Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 1908, Philadelphians were riding in style on a brand new subway system. George Smerk, professor of transportation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, talks about the subway's history.
The phrase "driveway moment " is a term used to describe a radio story that keeps you in your car after you've reached your destination, just to listen. Host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Jonathan Kern about his new book <em>Sound Reporting</em>, which examines the art and craft of broadcast journalism and production. (ISBN:13-978-0-226-43178-9)(3:00)
In this installment of the Summer Adventure Series, Host Liane Hansen speaks with Annelise Kelly of Portland, Ore., about her trip to the island of Martinique, where she's cooking for a group of archeology students.
The first war-crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay starts tomorrow with Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, the defendant. Hamdan has been in U.S. custody for seven years. Host Liane Hansen speaks with <em>Miami Herald</em> reporter Carl Rosenberg.
The panicky mood sweeping Wall Street and Main Street a week ago has subsided somewhat. The Dow staged a strong comeback late in the week as it became apparent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren't in immediate jeopardy, and that most banks remain financially sound.
Many political analysts say the Hispanic vote is a key group in this fall's election, but no one is too sure about how to get that vote. National candidates want to reach the various sub-groups of these voters, but there is no magic means to reach them through the media.
Early this year, the Department of Homeland Security conducted a first-ever DNA sampling of several hundred refugee applicants in Africa. Tests showed that a large percentage of applicants were not related to people they claimed as family members living in the United States.
