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Tuesday, July 31 2012

  • Playlist for July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012

    The show's director Vince Fairchild mixed up our show this morning with Blur, Mercury Program, Death Cab for Cutie, with an appearance by the Phenomenal Handclap Band. Check out the c... (article)

  • Today's Takeaway | July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012

    Olympic athletes protest social media restrictions | Sink or swim: Stories of everyday Americans trying to learn this Olympic sport | All calculators and no brains: The pros and cons... (episode)

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    • Olympic Athletes Protest Social Media Restrictions July 31, 2012

      The International Olympics Committee’s "Rule 40" prevents athletes from promoting brands other than the official Olympic sponsors during the days before and during the Games. But some...

    • All Calculators and No Brains: The Pros and Cons to High School Algebra July 31, 2012

      In his recent editorial for our partner the New York Times, professor Andrew Hacker asks “is Algebra necessary?” The millions of high school students and college freshmen taking manda...

    • Sink or Swim: Everyday Americans Trying to Learn This Olympic Sport July 31, 2012

      As the U.S. swim team continues to bring home Olympic medals, we’ve been looking at the more realistic side of swimming in America. After we spoke to Dr. Carol Irwin, author of a stud...

    • Thousands Flee Aleppo July 31, 2012

      Syrian troops and rebels are fighting a fierce battle for control of Aleppo, Syria's largest city with nearly 3 million residents. As hundreds of thousands stream out of Aleppo, the S...

    • Has the American Retirement System Failed? July 31, 2012

      It’s been 30 years since the Individual Retirement Account model, or the 401(k), became the standard way for Americans to save for retirement. And it has failed — or so says Teresa Gh...

    • Patient-Doctor Confidentiality Versus Public Safety July 31, 2012

      The fact that Holmes was seeing a psychiatrist prior to the theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, is a fact that has emerged in the past few days. Should his psychiatrist be required ...

    • Reconsidering our National Parks July 31, 2012

      While the detonation of the atomic bomb in 1945 brought about death and destruction, the labs that created this bomb remain quiet and peaceful, albeit largely unseen. A bill in Congre...

    • Private Colleges: Not Much Bang for Your Buck July 31, 2012

      <p>The education system costs way more than it should, and doesn&rsquo;t work nearly as well as it should, says a new report by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.</p>

    • Facing Post Traumatic Stress in the Courtroom July 31, 2012

      While President Obama has officially ended the War on Iraq and is in the process of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, for many veterans the war is far from over. An estimated 350,0...