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October 12, 2015 Guns on Campus, Tamir Rice & 'Reasonable' Force, Courageous Grandmas
October 12, 2015: 1. Deadly Terrorist Attacks Rock Turkey | 2. Tension Between U.S. and Russia Grows Over Syrian Airspace | 3. Does Russia Have a Modern Military? | 4. Decades After 'Dirty War,' Argentinians Find Long Lost Grandchildren | 5. Reports Find Lethal Force Against 12-Year-Old 'Reasonable' | 6. Professor Resigns Over Campus Carry Gun Law | 7. Joe Jackson is Back With a New Album
44 min
October 09, 2015 Forward Through Ferguson, New Movie Releases, The Nobel Prize
October 09, 2015: 1. The Nobel Peace Prize Goes To... | 2. St. Louis Works to Welcome Refugees | 3. Forward Through Ferguson: Community Roundtable | 4. Movie Date: Films to See and Avoid This Weekend
46 min
October 08, 2015 The Voice of Gun Rights, A Visit to St. Louis, Covering War
October 08, 2015: 1. The Voice of Gun Rights on Mass Shootings | 2. Celebrating 50 Years of the St. Louis Arch | 3. The One True Baseball Town: St. Louis | 4. The Complicated Business of Covering War
28 min
October 07, 2015 The Gun Control Debate, Reimagining Broadway, Syria and the U.S.
October 07, 2015: 1. The U.S.'s Responsibility in Syria | 2. Piers Morgan on U.S. Gun Violence: Doing Nothing is Unconscionable | 3. The Gun Debate: Your Conversation | 4. Broadway In Song, In Sign Language, and On Wheels
28 min
October 06, 2015 Equal Pay, Twisted History, A Criminal Probe
October 06, 2015: 1. Women Will Finally Get Equal Pay for Equal Work in California | 2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Lands in Havana | 3. Volkswagen: The Criminal Investigation | 4. Negotiations Between Taliban, Afghan Government in Shambles | 5. Twisted History in the Lone Star State
35 min
October 05, 2015 Your Child as a Murderer, Missiles in the ER, Russia in Syria
October 5, 2015: 1. U.S. Accused in Deadly Hospital Airstrike in Afghanistan | 2. Inside Russia's Military Strategy in Syria | 3. The Real-Life Impact of a Budget Impasse | 4. How LBJ Celebrated Mexican-Americans | 5. In the Fight for Immigration Reform, Where Are Asian Activists? | 6. When Your Child is a Murderer
42 min
October 02, 2015 Tragedy in Oregon, Banned Books, NASA's Hollywood Love Affair
October 02, 2015: 1. Another Mass Shooting in America | 2. U.S. Eyes Putin With Skepticism as Russia Moves in on Syria | 3. Are We Seeing a Taliban Resurgence? | 4. Banned Books Week: A Celebration of Dirty & Offensive Books | 5. Movie Date: Films to See and Avoid This Weekend | 6. Hollywood and NASA Are Having a Love Affair
41 min
October 01, 2015 What Life Would Be Like if Jimmy Carter Won a Second Term
October 1, 2015: President Jimmy Carter turns 91-years-old today. In honor of his birthday, we're imagining what the world would be like if the 39th president had won a second term.
49 min
September 30, 2015 Planned Parenthood, Football Dangers, Another Y2K
September 30, 2015: 1. Planned Parenthood Head Pushes Back Against GOP | 2. Does Football Still Belong in Schools? | 3. The 'Y2K' of Health Care is Upon Us | 4. Why Doping Regulations are Bad for Sports
39 min
September 29, 2015 Lying Leaders, 'Torture' at Rikers, ' Putin's Game
September 29, 2015: 1. Shocking Stories from New York's Toughest Jail | 2. As Death Toll Climbs, Ukraine Makes U.N. Appeal | 3. Alaska's Governor on the Loss of Shell Oil | 4. The Taliban Regains Control of Key Afghan City | 5. Do Good Liars Make Great Leaders?
42 min

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