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NPR FM Berlin Bonus
4:07 pm
Wed April 25, 2012

Berlin Journal: April 2012

On this episode of the Berlin Journal, Brittani Sonnenberg, editor of the Berlin Journal magazine, speaks with author and American Academy fellow, Karen Russell, about her new book of short stories, tentatively titled Vampires in the Lemon Grove.

Author Tara Bray Smith speaks with American Academy fellow, poet, and philosopher, Richard Deming.

A lecturer in English at Yale University, Deming says his job is to spur students to reflection and to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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BP Oil Spill
5:49 pm
Mon April 23, 2012

Marine Life Shows Signs of Trouble Two Years After BP Spill Began

April 20th marked the two-year anniversary of BP’s Macondo Well explosion, which set off one of the worst oil spills in our nation’s history, causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats, and to the coastal communities which depend upon them.  The full impacts of the disaster are still unfolding, but in Shell Beach, Louisiana, there are signs of how marine life is reacting to the oil and the dispersants which flooded their waters two years ago.

Eve Abrams visited Campo’s Marina, as boats needing gas, ice and bait pulled in and out along the bayou.

The Listening Room
11:16 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Intelligence Squared Debate Series

Does the internet poison politics? It's been argued that the rise of 'personalization,' the use of algorithms to filter what you see online, and easy access to the like-minded, have served to reinforce our pre-conceptions.

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Commentary
10:51 am
Fri April 20, 2012

A Punishment BP Can’t Pay Off

Credit Jason Saul / WWNO
A bird in the process of being rehabilitated at the Fort Jackson Bird Rescue Center, July 5, 2010.

Two years after a series of gambles and ill-advised decisions on a BP drilling project led to the largest accidental oil spill in United States history and the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, no one has been held accountable.

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