http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408a.mp3 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author of "The Gulag Archipelago," dies at 89 http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-russian-author-of-the-gulag-archipelago-dies-at-89/ true 5529 segment Guest: Archie Barron, producer and director of the documentary "The Solzhenitsyns Take a Long Way Home" Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn timeline: Birth1918, December 11Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn is born in Kislovodsk, Russia on December 11, 1918, as World War I was ending. His father dies six months be http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408b.mp3 The Hamdan trial goes to a jury http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/the-hamdan-trial-goes-to-a-jury/ true 9693 segment Guest: Army Col. Lawrence Morris, Guantanamo trial prosecutor http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408c.mp3 The suicide of an Army scientist returns attention to bioterrorism risks http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/the-suicide-of-an-army-scientist-returns-attention-to-bioterrorism-risks/ true 9781 segment Guest: Scott Shane, The New York Times http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408d.mp3 The Foreclosure Bus Tour 2008 http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/the-foreclosure-bus-tour-2008/ true 9681 segment Guests: Krishna Garlic, executive director of the non-profit tour company, Brand New Day, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Mignon Blanchard, a pre-foreclosure candidate selling her house with the assistance of Brand New Day. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408e.mp3 Audio timeline: An anthrax scare in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/audio-timeline-an-anthrax-scare-in-the-aftermath-of-the-sept-11-attacks/ true 5766 segment Anthrax timeline: Late September, 2001 First signs Envelopes containing threatening letters and a grainy brown substance arrive in the offices of ABC, CBS, NBC, and the New York Post. October 5th, 2001 A fatality Robert Stevens, a photo editor for the Florida-based tabloid "The Sun," dies of inhaled http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408f.mp3 Terrorism consultant Evan Kohlmann criticized over "The al-Qaeda Plan" video http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/terrorism-consultant-evan-kohlmann-criticized-over-the-al-qaeda-plan-video/ true 9594 segment Guest: Evan Kohlmann, a self-made international terrorism consultant. Evan wrote, produced and narrated "The al-Qaeda Plan," which was used as evidence in the Hamdan Trial. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408g.mp3 Sixteen Chinese policemen killed in attack in Xinjiang http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/sixteen-chinese-policemen-killed-in-attack-in-xinjiang/ true 9142 segment Guest: Dan Griffiths, BBC Correspondent in Beijing http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408h.mp3 An update from the presidential campaign trails http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/an-update-from-the-presidential-campaign-trails/ true 5653 segment Guest: Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway political director http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408i.mp3 Olympics quiz: Myth or reality? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/olympics-quiz-myth-or-reality/ true 8375 segment Guest: Tripp Mickle, SportsBusiness Daily Take Tripp Mickle's quiz and listen to the segment to find out more about these Olympics realities and myths... 1. The Olympics are less relevant to young people. Highlight to view the answer: REALITY 2. More women follow the Olympics than any other sports p http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408j.mp3 In audio: The life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/in-audio-the-life-of-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/ true 7373 segment Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn timeline: Birth1918, December 12Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn is born in Kislovodsk, Russia on December 11, 1918, as World War I was ending. His father dies six months before his birth. A student of mathematics1937Now an unpublished and frustrated young author, Solzhenitsyn http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408k.mp3 School extracurriculars axed amid economic slump http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/school-extracurriculars-axed-amid-economic-slump/ true 9026 segment As the economy continues its downward spiral, schools across the country are cutting sports, art and music programs. In the Mount Vernon school system, two proposed budgets failed to pass and now students are bearing the brunt. The Takeaway talks to 16-year-old Sean Harris, a rising senior at Mount http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408l.mp3 University professor stages a 1969 Angela Davis civil-rights speech http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/university-professor-stages-a-1969-angela-davis-civil-rights-speech/ true 9954 segment When Mark Tribe began teaching at Brown University in 2005, he was struck by the dearth of student protests on campus. A war, a controversial election. But where was the debate? So a year later, as part of an ongoing art project, Tribe began staging speeches from figures of the Civil Rights and Viet http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway080408m.mp3 Global AIDS conference opens in Mexico City as UN cites drop in death rate http://www.thetakeaway.org/2008/aug/04/global-aids-conference-opens-in-mexico-city-as-un-cites-drop-in-death-rate/ true 6990 segment Guest: Duncan Kennedy, BBC Correspondent in Mexico City