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Thursday, August 9 2012

  • Playlist for August 9, 2012 August 9, 2012

    On today's playlist our director Vince Fairchild mixed it up with The Splendour, Pinback, The Roots, Mercury Program and more. Click below to listen to the entire lineup. (article)

  • Today's Takeaway | August 9, 2012 August 9, 2012

    The U.S. Military's history of recruiting and retaining Neo-Nazis | The burgeoning field of intergalactic law | How personal experience changed my views on the death penalty | Sinai... (episode)

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    • The U.S. Military's History of Recruiting and Retaining Neo-Nazis August 9, 2012

      When Wade Michael Page allegedly attacked the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin this past weekend, many were shocked by his identification as a neo-Nazi. Wade, however, is not the first neo-Na...

    • The Burgeoning Field of Intergalactic Law August 9, 2012

      <p>What if taking a vacation no longer meant flying to Europe? What if it meant traveling through space? Luckily, should that day come, lawyers are already looking into it.</p>

    • Can Personal Experience Change Your Views on the Death Penalty? August 9, 2012

      When Matthew Parker found out his brother was murdered there was nothing he wanted more than revenge, and that meant the death penalty for the man responsible. The murderer, however, ...

    • Sinai: What It Meant Then, What It Means Now August 9, 2012

      There's more trouble unfolding this week in Egypt, as its newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, confronts violence in the Sinai Peninsula. Sixteen Egyptian soldiers were killed Sund...

    • Gu Kailai Murder Trial Begins... and Ends August 9, 2012

      A trial began today in China that will prove to be the most politically importance since the prosecution of the Gang of Four in Beijing in the 1980s. The wife of ousted Communist Part...

    • U.S. Begins Agent Orange Cleanup August 9, 2012

      During the Vietnam War, the U.S. sprayed millions of gallons of the toxic defoliant known as Agent Orange over jungle areas to destroy enemy cover. Today, the U.S. has begun clean-up ...

    • A Victim's Son Reflects on the Sikh Temple Shooting August 9, 2012

      Amardeep Kaleka's father was killed in the horrific shooting at the Wisconsin Sikh temple on Sunday that left seven people dead including the gunman. His father, Satwant Singh Kaleka,...

    • Updates from a Family in Aleppo August 9, 2012

      Syrian rebels are trying to fend off a ground offensive by government troops in Syria's largest city of Aleppo. There are reports the opposition have withdrawn from some densely popul...

    • Is the "Like" Button Protected Free Speech? August 9, 2012

      Political free speech is protected by the U.S. Constitution — but what about liking someone, some cause, or some candidate on Facebook? Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union...