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Sean Bueter
Sean Bueter
News Director, WBOI; Host, Morning Edition & Midday Matters
Sarah Delia
Sarah Delia
Reporter, WBOI; Host, All Things Considered & Midday Matters
Doug Gruber
Doug Gruber
Host, All That Jazz
Julia Meek
Julia Meek
Host, Folktales, Meet the Music & Midday Matters
Stan Whippo
Stan Whippo
Host, Matinee and Con Brio

All Things Considered

Weekdays from 4:00 - 7:00pm on WBOI 89.1
Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.

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3:45 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

War Writ Small: Of Pushcarts And Peashooters

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Adam Mansbach is also the author of The End of the Jews.
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Originally published on Wed December 19, 2012 7:03 am

Adam Mansbach is the author of the forthcoming novel Rage is Back.

Stealing my 9-year-old nephew's copy of The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill was the best thing I did last summer. I was his age the first time I read it, and twice his age the last time I went back to it. I'm twice that old again now, but as soon as I dove into this intimate, majestic tale of war writ small — of a battle between the pushcart peddlers and the truckers of New York City — I realized how timeless, and how deeply a part of me, the story was.

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The Two-Way
12:07 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

Dear Lawyers: Order In The &*%# Court!

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Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 8:39 pm

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Business
6:04 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Grounding Of 787s Creates Doubts About 'Business As Usual' At Boeing

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Investigators are still looking into the cause of fires and overheating aboard Boeing's new 787s.
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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 7:39 pm

Boeing generated more cash than expected last year and reclaimed the top spot over rival Airbus as the world's biggest airplane maker.

But all that was overshadowed by the fact that its entire fleet of 787s is grounded after batteries on two of its planes either overheated or caught fire.

"For 2013, our first order of business, obviously, is getting the 787 back into service," Boeing CEO James McNerney says.

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Music News
5:51 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Remembering Butch Morris, The Man Who Conducted Improvisation

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Butch Morris leads a conduction at the 2007 Skopje Jazz Festival in Macedonia.
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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 6:18 pm

The jazz musician Butch Morris was beloved by his fellow musicians and acclaimed by critics and fans for his ability to conduct improvisation. While that may sound like a contradiction, Morris pulled it off — with jazz musicians and symphony orchestras around the world.

A resident of New York City, he died yesterday in a Brooklyn hospital of cancer. He was 65 years old.

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Shots - Health News
5:36 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Gut Microbes May Play Deadly Role In Malnutrition

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Researchers followed 300 sets of twins in Malawi for the first three years of their life. In many cases, only one twin developed severe malnutrition, while the other remained healthier.
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Twins in Malawi helped scientists discover a role the gut microbiome appears to play in severe malnutrition.
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Originally published on Fri February 1, 2013 4:19 pm

There's a part of our body that's only now getting mapped: the trillions of microbes, mostly bacteria, that live in our guts.

Some scientists describe this community as a previously unnoticed vital organ. It appears to play a role in how quickly we gain weight and how well we fight off disease.

A study published in the journal Science suggests that changes in this community of microbes also may cause kwashiorkor, a kind of deadly malnutrition.

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Shots - Health News
4:03 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Bellevue Hospital's Slow Comeback After Superstorm Sandy

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When Superstorm Sandy came ashore, Bellevue Hospital was quickly submerged. Inspectors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency marked the flood line in the basement with orange tape or spray paint. In some areas, water was 14 feet deep.
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Mechanic Robert Sudo adjusts the motor of a powerful water pump that was knocked out by flooding.
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Electrical switching equipment has been moved out of this basement space to a ground floor area that used to hold an eyeglass shop. The large orange pipe is made of plastic sheeting, and air flows through to dehumidify the basement.
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Many of Bellevue's outpatient services are working, but not the pharmacy. A makeshift one has been set up, with patients lining up in the main hospital atrium to fill prescriptions.
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Workers on the main floor close off a former eyeglass store as they prepare to install electrical switching equipment.
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Bellevue chief engineer Patrick O'Brien says flooding damaged pump motors, despite a heavy door designed to protect them.
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While repairs continue in the basement below, Dr. William Goldberg talks to a hospital patient who reports flu-like symptoms.
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When Superstorm Sandy came ashore, Bellevue Hospital was quickly submerged. Inspectors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency marked the flood line in the basement with orange tape or spray paint. In some areas, water was 14 feet deep.
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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 6:18 pm

When a ferry crashed in lower Manhattan earlier this month, ambulances took dozens of people to hospitals around the island.

Bellevue Hospital took in 31 passengers, but they all had minor injuries. The most seriously hurt patients from the crash went elsewhere. Dr. Suzi Vassallo said that's because Bellevue still can't handle serious traumatic injuries.

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Music Reviews
3:27 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

A 1969 Bootleg Unearths Miles Davis' 'Lost' Quintet

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Miles Davis' Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 is a compilation of previously unreleased material performed by a short-lived incarnation of his touring band.
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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 6:18 pm

After a slew of multidisc sets devoted to key points in the career of Miles Davis, you'd think Columbia Records would have unearthed every speck of consequential music by now. But not quite.

This week, Columbia brings out Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 — a three-CD, one-DVD set devoted to the jazz maverick's "lost" quintet, his touring band from 1969.

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World
2:41 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Israeli Election Rekindles Debate Over Military Service

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews are not required to perform military service in Israel, and the issue is subject to intense debate following the country's election last week. Here, ultra-Orthodox men sign up for alternate civilian service earlier this month.
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Originally published on Sun February 3, 2013 12:51 pm

The rise of a new Israeli political party after last week's elections has set the stage for renewed conflict over the country's military draft.

That new party, Yesh Atid, or "There is a Future," campaigned on a promise to draft thousands of ultra-Orthodox students who are currently exempt from military service.

And with the number of ultra-Orthodox students in Israel on the rise given the community's high birth rates, this longstanding debate has become a critical post-election issue.

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The Salt
6:50 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

In Japan, Food Can Be Almost Too Cute To Eat

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Hannari Tofu is a character who shows up on a range of plush merchandise.
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Food imitates art imitating food: a pancake shaped to resemble Anpanman's sweet roll head.
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Two of the heroes from the anime series Go! Anpanman. The head of Shokupanman (left) is made out of white bread. Anpanman (right) is named after a Japanese sweet roll stuffed with red bean paste.
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To-fu Oyako is a soybean-curd-inspired line of products, including bags, planners and pillows.
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A kyaraben, or character bento, inspired by characters from the anime Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san.
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Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 11:49 am

From an early age, Japanese kids are taught to "eat with your eyes," and this emphasis on the visual delights of food can be found in many aspects of Japan's vaunted culture of cute.

Take children's television, for example. Some of the most beloved cartoon characters in Japan are based on food items.

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Asia
6:39 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

As China Builds, Cambodia's Forests Fall

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Illegal logging is widespread in Cambodia, and efforts to prevent it have had only a limited impact. Much of the wood is destined for China.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 2:29 pm

China's demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia.

Illegal logging and economic land concessions are threatening Cambodia's dwindling forests, which now echo the sound of chainsaws.

Prey Lang forest — an eight-hour journey north and east of the capital, Phnom Penh — is one of the forests where illegal loggers see money signs on the trees.

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