http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009d.mp3 Behind the cheer http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/behind-cheer/ true 5858 segment T-A-K-E-A-W-A-Y, what does that spell? F-U-N! We got some spirit going on here as we delve deep into the world of cheerleaders with our guest, Kate Torgovnick. She is the author of Cheer! Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009b.mp3 What are you doing right now? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/what-are-you-doing-right-now/ true 10185 segment Today the Takeaway is asking, "What are you doing right now and what's on your mind?" When we asked a similar question last week we got hundreds of responses. But some people said they didn’t care. One of those listeners, Christine from Brooklyn, talks to another listener, Richard from Hazel Park, M http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009c.mp3 Funerals begin for earthquake victims in central Italy http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/funerals-begin-earthquake-victims-central-italy/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/funeral-in-laquila-italy.jpg true 6909 segment Early this morning in L'Aquila, Italy, the funerals began for some of the 289 people killed in Monday's earthquake. While normally in the Catholic tradition no funerals are allowed on Good Friday, the Vatican granted a dispensation for the funeral mass for the earthquake victims. For more on the som http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/funeral-in-laquila-italy_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/funeral-in-laquila-italy_26_square.jpg http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009e.mp3 Joe Frazier looks back at his most bitter fight http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/joe-frazier-looks-back-his-most-bitter-fight/ true 7580 segment In October 1975, two of the world's greatest fighters, Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier, battled it out for the title of Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World. The fight was one of the most extraordinary fighting bouts of all time and capped off a long rivalry between the two boxers. The heavyweight http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009f.mp3 A look at state spending of the stimulus funds http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/look-state-spending-stimulus-funds/ true 7822 segment Yesterday Vice President Biden announced the federal government is releasing $2.3 billion in recovery act funding for child care and vaccines. The announcement is the latest in a flurry of national and local announcements on how stimulus spending will be spent. Some states, such as Maryland, have im http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009g.mp3 Coming Home: The Pentagon overturns 18-year media ban on war dead http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/coming-home-pentagon-overturns-18-year-media-ban-war-dead/ true 6242 segment Now that the Pentagon has lifted its 18-year ban on press coverage of the return of America's war dead, will the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan return to the national conversation? Or has the moment passed us by? Is the American public war weary and ready to move on? For a look at what exposure to Dov http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009h.mp3 Standoff with Somali pirates continues with American captain still a hostage http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/standoff-somali-pirates-continues-american-captain-still-hostage/ true 9251 segment The Somali pirates seized an American cargo ship a few days ago and while the rest of the crew escaped and took control of the ship, the captain, is still being held prisoner in a small lifeboat. As FBI hostage negotiators rush to the scene off the Somali coast and U.S. Navy destroyer attempts commu http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009i.mp3 Who will be the master of the Masters? http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/who-will-be-master-masters/ true 10317 segment The Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia started yesterday with a wild start by Chad Campbell who threatened the record books by almost breaking the score for most under par on one of the world's most difficult courses. Campbell ended the day with a seven-under-par 65, which wasn't quite enough to http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway041009j.mp3 Wangari Maathai discusses "The Challenge for Africa" http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/10/wangari-maathai-discusses-challenge-africa/ true 10086 segment When Wangari Maathai suggested to women in her village that they should plant trees for fire wood and to stop soil erosion, she had no idea that this simple act of planting trees would eventually garner her the Nobel Peace Prize. The Takeaway is joined by Wangari Maathai Nobel Prize winning activist