Wednesday, August 20 2008

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Russian view: Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia's deputy ambassador to NATO

Guest: Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia's deputy ambassador to NATO

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Wholesale costs, what businesses pay for goods, are rising faster than expected

Guest: Michael Grynbaum, The New York Times

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Russian authoritarianism is fueled by petro-dollars

Guest: Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor for the Financial Times

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Road trip to the political conventions: Day Three recap

Guest: Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway Political Director

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In audio: Following 1968's Prague Spring, the Soviets enter Czechoslovakia

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More women are delaying motherhood, Census Bureau reports

Guest: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Sociology Professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She's been studying women and childlessness for more than a decade.

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U.S. and Polish leaders sign a deal to build a missile defense base in Poland

Guest: Nick Childs, BBC, in London

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An Obama rally planned for Springfield, Illinois, leads to veep speculation

Guest: Ben Calhoun, Chicago Public Radio, in Chicago

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The Minimalist saves the planet

Guest: Mark Bittman, The New York Times

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The United Nations estimates more than 150,000 people displaced in Georgia

Guest: Pascal Meige-Wagner, from the Eastern European Desk of the International Committee of the Red Cross

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The Air Guitar World Championships begin in Oulu, Finland

Guest: "Bjorn Turoque" (Dan Crane), "Master of Air-Emonies" at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships

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Looking back at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Guest: Michael Kazin, professor of history, Georgetown University. As member of the Students for a Democratic Society, he was arrested at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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