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NPR Topics: Story of the Day Podcast: How One Hospital Entices Doctors To Work In Rural America

Instead of offering big salaries and other perks, the CEO of tiny Ashland Health Clinic, in southwest Kansas, lures physicians with "a job that matters." In addition to meeting a real need on a daily basis in Ashland, doctors also get eight weeks off to do missionary work overseas.

NPR Topics: World Story of the Day Podcast: Afghans View Peace Talks With Hope, Suspicion

The surprise announcement that the U.S. and the Taliban could soon begin peace talks in Qatar may have increased the chances of a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan. But some Afghans wonder whether such talks are about stabilizing Afghanistan — or just helping U.S. troops leave.

NPR Topics: Business Story of the Day Podcast: United-Continental Merger Is 'Endless Decisions'

United and Continental Airlines have been engaged in the enormous task of merging. Drake Bennett writes for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, and he tells Renee Montagne that merging means "endless decisions, from uniforms to coffee."

NPR: Most E-Mailed Stories Podcast: NPR: 02-03-2012 Most E-Mailed Stories

Stories: 1) How One Hospital Entices Doctors To Work In Rural America 2) Billboards Slather On The Guilt With Anti-Cheese Campaign 3) Wislawa Szymborska, Poet Of Gentle Irony, Dies At 88 4) Freddie Mac's Conflict Is 'Unsavory,' 'Shocking,' 'Stunning,' Key Senators Say 5) Sour Economy Has Nevada Looking For New Jackpot 6) CEO's Voice Tone Can Speak Volumes

NPR: Foreign Dispatch Podcast: February 3, 2012 — Dispatches from Syria, Turkey, and Mexico

This week, we hear about memories of a massacre in Syria, economic development threatening old Istanbul, and the Mexican musicians who are famous internationally but unknown in Mexico.

NPR Topics: Science: 'Arctic Oscilliation' Behind Season's Mixed Winter Weather

For snow fans in the contiguous US, this winter has left much to be desired. The warm and mild season in the lower 48 and the wild snow dumps and cold weather up north in Alaska can be blamed largely on a weather pattern called "arctic oscillation." Audie Cornish gets an explanation of the weather phenomenon from meteorologist Jeffrey Masters.

NPR Topics: Science: New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North

A new map from the USDA has some northern gardeners hoping to grow plants that used to be considered too fragile for cold weather zones. The hardiness zone chart is about a half zone warmer than the last one issued in 1990. The USDA says the changes are not due to global warming, but to more sophisticated mapping methods. Seed sellers and buyers say that, whatever the reason, the warmer temperatures expand possibilities for planting this spring.

NPR Topics: Science: Drone Technology Reaches New Heights

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are replacing boots on the ground in some wars. Commercially, UAVs are being used for things like crop-dusting and flood mapping. Experts discuss advances in drone technology and how to address legal and privacy concerns that stem from their use.

NPR Topics: Science: Addicts' Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control

A study of cocaine addicts finds that they have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.

NPR Topics: Your Health: Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

The nation's largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue giving grants to Planned Parenthood. But public relations specialists say the Komen foundation will have a tough time rebuilding its nonpartisan reputation.

NPR Topics: Your Health: Many Hits, Rather Than A Big One, Pose Greatest Concussion Risk

High school football players experienced brain changes long before they had symptoms of concussion. The findings suggest that concussions come from cumulative damage, researchers say.

NPR Topics: Your Health: In Reversal, Komen To Continue Funding Planned Parenthood

Earlier this week, the foundation moved to discontinue funding of breast cancer screening by Planned Parenthood. The change came because of a new Komen policy forbidding forbidding grants to organizations under official investigation. Now that policy has been changed again.

NPR Topics: Economy Podcast: NPR: 02-03-2012 Economy

Stories: 1) Obama Visits Washington D.C. Auto Show 2) Sour Economy Has Nevada Looking For New Jackpot

NPR: Shuffle Podcast: NPR: 02-03-2012 Shuffle

NPR Shuffle mixes it up every day, offering an unpredictable sampler from 'Morning Edition', 'All Things Considered' and other award-winning NPR programs. Enjoy listening to this podcast just as you would enjoy listening to NPR - ready to be surprised by the next great story!

This I Believe: Podcast: Opal Ruth Prater: Love Is Stronger Than Death

Common objects can often evoke powerful memories. For Opal Ruth Prater, it was a shirt that belonged to her late husband. It reminded Prater of the beautiful life they shared, and how her love for him remains strong – even 15 years after his death.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.thisibelieve.org/~ff/tib-podcast?a=DXVLN8U7YCg:_jzubtwoAWw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/tib-podcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thisibelieve.org/~ff/tib-podcast?a=DXVLN8U7YCg:_jzubtwoAWw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/tib-podcast?i=DXVLN8U7YCg:_jzubtwoAWw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.thisibelieve.org/~ff/tib-podcast?a=DXVLN8U7YCg:_jzubtwoAWw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/tib-podcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tib-podcast/~4/DXVLN8U7YCg" height="1" width="1"/>

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Talk of the Nation: What Grosses You Out?

In That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion, psychologist Rachel Herz discusses the origins of disgust — what she calls the 'instinct that's learned' — and why humans turn up their noses at smelly feet but devour expensive cheeses cultured with some of the very same stinky bacteria.

Talk of the Nation: Study Tracks Alzheimer's Progression In Mice

Amyloid plaques and tangles of protein in the brain are two of the key signs of the form of dementia known as Alzheimer's disease. In new work reported in the journal PLOS One, researchers tracked the spread of tangles of tau protein from neuron to neuron in the brains of mice. Study co-author Karen Duff of the Columbia University Medical Center discusses the findings.

Talk of the Nation: Blue Marble: The Making Of

NASA's iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s--with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern "blue marble" images are captured by machines and they're not photos. They're datasets collected by instruments aboard satellites and then translated into imagery on the ground.

Talk of the Nation: Drone Technology Reaches New Heights

Talk of the Nation: Listening In On The Brain To Decode Speech

Reporting in PLoS Biology, researchers write that they were able to correlate words a person was hearing to specific electrical activity in the brain. Study co-author neuroscientist Robert Knight discusses future applications of this research and concerns that it amounts to mental wiretapping.

Talk of the Nation: IBEX Spacecraft Intercepts 'Alien' Particles

As it circles Earth, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer hunts for particles streaming in from beyond the solar system. It has intercepted hydrogen, helium, neon and oxygen atoms. IBEX principal investigator Dave McComas discusses how the abundance of those atoms hints at the Milky Way's composition.

NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast: NPR: 02-03-2012 Fresh Air

Stories: 1) Going In '50/50' On A Cancer Comedy, With Laughs 2) A Studio On The Road To 'Fame' For Soul Musicians

NPR Programs: Tell Me More Podcast: NPR: 02-03-2012 Tell Me More

Stories: 1) Las Vegas Principal Hopes To Beat The Odds 2) Contraception Provision Sets Off Firestorm 3) Something For The Fashionista Football Fan 4) Letters From Detroit 5) Shop Talk: Did Romney Slow His Roll?

Science Friday Audio Podcast: SciFri 020312 Hour 1: IBEX, The Psychology of Disgust, Alzheimers Research, Blue Marble

Studying the composition of the Milky Way, why people find things disgusting, tracking the progression of Alzheimers in mouse brains, and a video about the making of the iconic Earth-from-space images.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Friday News Roundup - International

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the U.S. would withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan as early as 2013; Syrian government troops opened a new front outside Damascus in their ongoing crackdown on anti-government protesters; and Nigeria's security police said they captured the alleged spokesman of the Islamist group behind a series of bombings that have killed hundreds of people. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Friday News Roundup - Domestic

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened up a 20-point lead over Newt Gingrich in the upcoming Nevada primary; the Obama Administration unveiled a new homeowner refinancing plan; and Senate Democrats formally introduced a "Buffett Bill" that would tax millionaires at a minimum rate of 30 percent. Naftali Bendavid of the Wall Street Journal, Jackie Calmes of The New York Times and syndicated columnist Steve Roberts join Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: John Horgan: "The End of War"

A science journalist debunks the idea that war is a fact of human nature. He describes why people are equally disposed to peace as violence.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Catholics, contraception and the new health care law

As President Obama addressed the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, Catholic groups around the country were roundly criticizing him. Earlier this week his administration reaffirmed new regulations requiring employers to include birth control in their health care plans. Churches are exempted from the ruling. But Catholic groups had lobbied hard for the exemptions to include faith-based organizations such as Catholic universities and hospitals. The White House said no, now some Catholic groups are saying they will not comply with the new mandate. Join us to discuss the growing divide between church and state.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Exotic Animal Industry in the U.S.

The right to own pythons, tigers, chimps and other exotic pets depends on where in the US you live. The legal US wildlife industry doesn't get much national attention unless someone is hurt, an exotic pet gets loose or an ecosystem is damaged. A new report links Burmese pythons released in the Florida Everglades to the severe declines of in the region's mammals. In Ohio police shot and killed dozens of exotic animals including wolves, lions, and bears reportedly set free by their distraught owner. As some fight for more regulation, breeders, brokers and owners of exotic pets say they are being unfairly targeted. Guest host Susan Page and a panel discuss battles over the legal wildlife trade.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Florida GOP Primary Results

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney now heads west. Following his resounding victory in Florida's GOP presidential primary yesterday, his campaign is focused on the caucuses in Nevada Saturday. His Florida win is largely credited to a barrage of attack ads unleashed in the days before the vote. The target of those ads, rival Newt Gingrich, had hoped to build on his stunning win in South Carolina last month, and despite his poor showing in Florida the former speaker vows to press on. Join us for analysis of yesterday's vote, what it means, and what's ahead

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Adam Johnson: "The Orphan Master's Son"

Diane talks to author Adam Johnson about his new novel, "The Orphan Master's Son" which follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: Pentagon Budget Cuts and U.S. Defense Strategy

The Pentagon's new spending proposal would shrink its budget for the first time since 1998. It's the initial step in a plan to shave nearly a half-trillion dollars from the defense budget over the next decade. Some say the timing is right. The Iraq war is over and the U.S. is winding down its engagement in Afghanistan. Plus, the economic climate at home has made trimming the federal deficit a political priority. Critics are worried the proposed budget will weaken the U.S. as China's power grows and the Middle East becomes more turbulent. Diane and her guests talk about the implications of a leaner U.S. military.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: The Constitution Today: Fifth Amendment

The Fifth Amendment was added to the United States Constitution in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. It includes the right to a grand jury trial, the right to not be tried twice for the same crime, and the well-known "right to remain silent." But the Fifth Amendment also bars the government from taking private property without fair payment, and only for the "public good." Today, as part of our ongoing Constitution Today series, we examine the origins and evolution of the 5th Amendment, and how the case of the "Little Pink House" altered the Eminent Domain protection forever.

WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show Podcast: A Call for Fairness in the Tax Code

Last week in his State of the Union address President Obama called for tax reform to ensure fair play. He proposed what he called a Buffett Rule: a minimum federal income tax of 30% for people making over $1 million. Republicans say he's pushing class warfare and stifling economic growth in a period of weak growth. GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is facing criticism for both how he made his enormous fortune and for his seemingly low tax rate, but, as many analysts point out, most households pay at an even lower rate. Please join us to discuss the tax rates and he economy.

WBUR-FM: On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Radio Broadcast Podcast: Don Cornelius: The Soul Of Soul Train

We'll remember the soul of Soul Train.

WBUR-FM: On Point with Tom Ashbrook | Radio Broadcast Podcast: Week In The News: Komen Cuts Funding, Egypt's Riot, Romney Wins Florida

Romney wins Florida - dings the poor. Komen breaks ties with Planned Parenthood. Facebook looks for the giant IPO. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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