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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks
May 17, 2013 | NPR · His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security.
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Weighing Freedom Of The Press Against Public Safety
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The Justice Department has been scrutinized this week for secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors while investigating the disclosure of a CIA operation to thwart a terrorist attack. Steve Inskeep talks to Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer, about how the Constitution and the law treat press freedom.
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Select Young Afghans Chosen As Commandoes In Training
May 17, 2013 | NPR · From the Afghan capital Kabul, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks to Gen, Joseph Dunford, the commander of all U.S. and international forces there. They discuss the challenges of the current situation on the ground, and look ahead to the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014.
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Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains
May 18, 2013 | NPR · More than 5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's disease, and the number is only going to increase — in part, due to aging baby boomers. But researchers say increased awareness and early detection is helping patients live with the disease.
 
Week In News: A Rough Week For The White House
May 18, 2013 | NPR · With the White House embroiled in three concurrent scandals this week, Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about the way forward for the president and for Congress, with recent history as their guide.
 
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Internships: Low-Paid, Unpaid Or Just Plain Illegal?
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Fed up with working for free, some interns are suing their employers. Last week, a judge ruled that interns could not sue the Hearst Corp. as a class action, which could be a legal setback for young workers tired of exploitative unpaid internships.
 

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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
May 12, 2013 | NPR · Brazil's economic boom has driven the demand for births by caesarean section. Some 80 to 90 percent of women in private hospitals deliver this way. Proponents say it allows mothers and doctors to better organize their time. Critics say the procedure drives up costs and may cause complications.
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov: Disappearing Into Chopin
Feb 6, 2013 — After winning two major competitions, the 21-year-old Russian is reaching for piano perfection. Hear him play Chopin etudes, colorful Fairy Tales by Nikolai Medtner and an explosive arrangement of music from Stravinsky's Firebird at the WGBH studios in Boston.
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Andras Schiff's 'Well-Tempered' Guide To Bach
Jan 16, 2013 — The pianist has such an intimate relationship with the Well-Tempered Clavier, hearing him play its kaleidoscopic preludes and fugues is like getting an inside view of a wondrously successful lifelong marriage. Communing daily with Bach helps the pianist stay fit and inspired.
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Simone Dinnerstein's Bach Between The Notes
Oct 18, 2012 — Hear the celebrated Bach interpreter play the tranquil Partita No. 1 in the NPR studio. Dinnerstein — who burst onto the scene with a popular recording of the Goldberg Variations — phrases her Bach lovingly, taking great care to find the subtle gestures and and ideas in and around the notes.
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Leif Ove Andsnes: Fatherhood And Freedom At The Piano
Aug 9, 2012 — Now that Andsnes has a new daughter, he says he hears music a bit differently — with more freedom and an ear for "childlike beauty." Hear the thoughtful pianist talk about fatherhood and play Granados and Grieg in the WGBH studios.
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Lara Downes' New Viewpoints On Old Variations
Mar 21, 2012 — The pianist performs contemporary takes on Bach's Goldberg Variations in the NPR studio
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Franz Liszt At 200: Performances At Boston's WGBH
Sep 29, 2011 — Hear hand-picked Liszt performances from the Boston studios of WGBH.
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A Listener's Guide To Schubert's 'Die Schone Mullerin'
Aug 11, 2011 — Tenor Matthew Polenzani and pianist Julius Drake lead a journey into Schubert's vivid song cycle.
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Cellist Wendy Warner In A Russian Mood
Mar 22, 2011 — Hear the former Rostropovich student, with pianist Irina Nuzova, uncover a beautiful but little-known sonata by Myaskovsky and more Russian music at the studios of WGBH in Boston.
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Kirill Gerstein's Classical And Jazz Conundrum
Mar 1, 2011 — Once the youngest jazz student at Berklee, the pianist switched back to his classical roots, eventually winning the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, which came with $300,000, a new piece of music and a whole lot of publicity.
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The King's Singers: Four Decades Of Close, Sweet Harmony
Dec 23, 2010 — Over a 42-year history, the King's Singers have delivered a broad range of repertoire, from barbershop songs to Renaissance madrigals, in sweet, tight harmonies. Hear a concert performance in the APM studios in St. Paul, Minn.
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