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January 2003
01/05 01/12 01/19 01/26

01/5/2003

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WORDS, WORDS
Weird Words - Erin McKean
Lenny Bruce - Ron Collins
Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
Vow of Silence - John Francis

Hour 2

02-02-03-A

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THE FAR NORTH
Seven Seasons in Greenland - Gretel Ehrlich
Guys on Ice - Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski
Looking for Alaska - Peter Jenkins
How to Be A Canadian - Ian Ferguson

01/12/2003

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FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
The Next Christendom - Phillip Jenkins
Marketing Jesus as Cool - Hayley Morgan
Hell House - George Ratliffe
Speaking in Tongues - Harvey Cox
Christian Heavy Metal - Oz Fox of Stryper

Hour 2

00-12-17-A

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ADVERTISING
Under the Radar - Jonathan Bond
Father of the Funny Commercial - Stan Freberg
Culture Jamming - Kalle Lasn
Jingle Composer - Wally Williams

01/19/2003

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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRIT
Science & Mysticism - John Horgan
Buddhist Nun - Tenzin Palmo
Physics & God - Clifford Pickover
Religion & Science - John Polkinghorne
Spiritual Jazz Singer - Kurt Elling

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03-01-19-B

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HAUTE CULTURE
Classical Music & Cartoons - Daniel Goldmark
American Snobbery - Joseph Epstein
Raymond Chandler - Jonathan Lethem & Pico Iyer
American Culture - Michael Kammen
High-brow/Low-Brow - Anthony Lane

01/26/2003

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Journeys Large & Small
Benefits of Travel - Jeff Greenwald
Looking for Lovedu - Ann Jones
Sailling like Cook - Tony Horwitz
Bridges - David Plowden
Art & Travel - Alain de Botton

Hour 2

02-03-03-A

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Race and Redemption
The Word Nigger - Randall Kennedy
Strange Fruit - David Margolick
The Y-Forum - Philip Milano
Racism in Rhodesia - Alexandra Fuller

February 2003
02/02 02/09 02/16 02/23

02/02/2003

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THE INTERVIEW
Interview & Criticism - John Updike
Interviewing Randy Newman - Glenn Tilbrook
Celebrity Interviews - Stephen Thompson
Biographer & Subject - Robert Sabbag & Alan Long
Boswell & Dr. Johnson - Adam Sisman & Beryl Bainbridge

Hour 2

03-02-02-B

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KIDS LIT
Writing for kids - Avi
Kids books are for adults too - Michael Chabon
Celebrity Ghost Writers - Doug Gordon
Science of Superman - Robert Weinberg
My Year With Harry Potter - Ben Buchanan
L. Frank Baum - Katharine Rogers

02/09/2003

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APPETITE FOR LOVE
Candy - Tim Richardson
French Desserts - Dorie Greenspan
Candy Comment - Ann Shaffer
My Funny Valentine - Will Friedmann
Stories of True Love - listeners

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03-02-09-B

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LINGUA FRANCA
Word a Day - Anu Garg
Linguistic Audio Art - Coyle & Sharpe
Language Memoir - Ilan Stavans
Hipster Slang - Max Decharne
Lyrics First - John Wesley Harding

02/16/2003

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I'M SORRY (was 02-01-27-A)
Apologies for Slavery - Cary Sudler
False Contrition in Childhood - Robert Karen
Sorry at Restaurant - Monty Python
Science of Tears - Dr. William Frey
Abortion in Japan - William LaFleur

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03-02-16-B

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THE LAST LAUGH (was 02-04-07-B)
Laughter Clubs - Dr. Madan Kataria
Science of Laughter - Robert Provine
Bill Hicks - Cynthia True
Wit and Humor - Jonathan Miller
Second City & 9/11 - Rachel Mason

02/23/2003

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03-02-23-A

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EUROPE AND AMERICA
Europe vs. America - Robert Kagan
Paris 1919 - Margaret MacMillan
European History - William Hitchcock
Brit-think, Ameri-think - Jane Walmsley
Carpet Bombing of Germany - Jessic Gienow-Hecht

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03-02-23-B

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TIME AFTER TIME
World Trade Center Ruins - William Langewiesche
Romance of Ruins - Christopher Woodward
"Time Team" show - Mick Aston
Cross Cultural Time - Jay Griffiths
As Time Goes By - Will Friedwald

March 2003
03/02 03/09 03/16 03/23 03/30

03/02/2003

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DECIDING WHO YOU ARE
Dissent then and now - Tim O'Brien
Living a Life that Matters - Harold S. Kushner
Pink Think - Lynn Peril
Carmen the Cripple - Ana Castillo
Role Models - John McCain

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03-03-02-B

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THE DNA REVOLUTION
Bio-weapons - Raymond Zilinskas
Scientific Discovery - James Watson
Cloning Christ - James Beausigneur, JR Lankford, Peter Senese
Cloning Animals - Walter Simson
Martha Stewart - Doug Gordon
Bio-artists - MIT Media Lab

03/09/2003

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FUNDAMENTALS OF FAITH
Abraham - Bruce Feiler
Interfaith School in Galilee - Father Abuna Elia Chacour
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
American Pop Culture & Spirituality - William Dean
The Feminine Divine - Shirley Cunningham

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03-03-09-B

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ADAPTATIONS
Adaptations - Susan Orlean
Beckett on Film - Michael Colgan
Gilligan's Wake - Tom Carson
Miss Fortune - John Wesley Harding
Freaks and Geeks - Paul Feig

03/16/2003

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WAR ZONES
Why War Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges
Politics and Music - Steve Earle
Gulf War Fiction - Gabe Hudson
War Surgeon - Jonathan Kaplan

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03-03-16-B

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WHO OWNS WHAT?
White Stripes' Uninvited Bassist - Steven MacDonald
Copyrights & Copywrongs - Siva Vaidhyanathan
Who Owns Water? - Maude Barlow
Lost & Found Photos - Brian Dunn
All My Life for Sale - John Freyer

03/23/2003

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03-03-23-A

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HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD?
All About Oscar - Emanuel Levy
Trailer Voice - Don LaFontaine
13 Conversations - Jill & Karen Sprecher
Watching Movies - Rick Lyman
Simpsons Songbook - Alf Clausen

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03-03-23-B

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IMAGES OF WAR
War Photography - Susan Sontag
Activist's e-mail - Rachel Corrie
Patriotic Songs - John Hasse
Roosevelt's Secret War - Joseph Persico
Rumi - Coleman Barks

03/30/2003

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FIGHT SCENES
Terror & Liberalism - Paul Berman
Gulf War Novel - Tom Paine
Martial Arts Philosophy - Pamela Logan
Swordplay - Richard Cohen
Chinese Martial Arts Films - Chen-Sim Lim

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03-03-30-B

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BODY POLITICS
Fat Land - Greg Critser
Food & Loathing - Betsy Lerner
Living in the Body - poem by Joyce Sutphen
Your Body, Your Home - Andrea Olsen
Rudolf Nureyev - Colum McCann

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