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Thursday, September 26 2013

  • Drawing The World's Most Wanted | What Happened to Obama's "Pivot" to Asia? | The Best Art is in the Airport September 26, 2013

    Every few years, the National Endowment for the Arts tries to assess just how much art, and what kinds of art, Americans consume. Their new study, the first since 2008, is out today. ... (episode)

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    • What Happened to Obama's "Pivot" to Asia? September 26, 2013

      Back in President Barack Obama’s first term, administration officials touted the president’s new foreign policy outlook as a "pivot" from the Middle East to Asia. But President Obama’...

    • Technology Industry Races to Complete Online Healthcare Exchanges September 26, 2013

      Manoush Zomorodi is the host and managing editor of WNYC's New Tech City. On this week's show, she reports on the tech firms rushing to build the exchanges before the October 1st dead...

    • Drawing The World's Most Wanted September 26, 2013

      When hearings began for Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr in 2006, no cameras were allowed inside the courtroom. Instead the Associated Press sent sketch artist Janet Hamlin to illustr...

    • The Mogadishu Restaurant Owner Who Won't be Stopped by Terrorists September 26, 2013

      Five years ago, Ahmed Jama, a successful restaurant owner in London, left his life in the U.K. to open a restaurant in his hometown of Mogadishu. Jama now owns several popular restaur...

    • The Best Art is in the Airport September 26, 2013

      Airports around the country invest millions of dollars in public art. Some airports have even opened museums and curate roving exhibits. Rebecca Blume Rothman is the Public Art Projec...

    • New Report Shows State of Art in America September 26, 2013

      The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today releases its comprehensive survey of trends in participation, attendance and investment in art in America. It's a massive job for Sunil...

    • 1945: The Year that Shaped the World September 26, 2013

      The year 1945 was a seminal moment for the world. From the bombing of Hiroshima, the end of World War II and the United Nations Charter, to Perry Como and Gandhi, a history began in 1...