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Melissa Block, Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish

Since its debut in 1971, All Things Considered has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world.  Every weekday afternoon, hosts Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, and Audie Cornish bring listeners breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.  WNIJ airs a one-hour edition of the program at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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World
4:12 pm
Sat June 16, 2012

Egypt Faces Tense Election For New President

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Originally published on Sat June 16, 2012 4:24 pm

Egyptians began two days of voting to elect the nation's first president since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. The polling comes days after an Egyptian high court dissolved the country's first freely elected parliament and the election now reflects the deep divisions in the country that has been unsettled since its revolution last year.

Arts & Life
3:23 pm
Sat June 16, 2012

Embracing The Quirkiness Of Djuna Barnes

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Before publishing the plays and novels she's now known for, women's rights advocate Djuna Barnes was a journalist and illustrator.
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Writer Djuna Barnes had herself force-fed in 1914 to help her document the experience of English suffragettes on hunger strikes.
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Barnes shared her account of being force-fed in what curator Catherine Morris describes as a very moving piece in New York World Magazine. (Click here to read it.)
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Barnes' 1914 Trend magazine cover of a doughboy, or American soldier, in the trenches shows the extent of her political engagement in the early days of World War I.
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In a 1913 Brooklyn Daily Eagle piece, Barnes wrote about suffragist schools that train women to assert their rights in a ladylike fashion. (Click here to read it.)
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As in her Daily Eagle piece and this 1917 New York Morning Telegraph Magazine spread, Barnes often provided illustrations for her stories. (Click here to read the story.)
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Originally published on Sat June 16, 2012 6:06 pm

A writer, illustrator and provocateur in the Roaring '20s, Djuna Barnes stood out.

"She was much more interested in embracing the quirky and embracing that idea that became so famous in feminist circles half a century later," Catherine Morris says, "the idea that the personal is political."

Morris is the curator of a new exhibition of Barnes' writings and illustrations called "Newspaper Fictions" at the Brooklyn Museum's Sackler Center for Feminist Art.

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Music Interviews
11:03 am
Sat June 16, 2012

Bonnie Raitt: A Brand-New Model For A Classic Sound

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Bonnie Raitt's latest album, Slipstream, is the first release on her own Redwing Records label.
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Originally published on Sat June 16, 2012 4:24 pm

This April, roots-rock singer-guitarist Bonnie Raitt released her first album in seven years, Slipstream. It's classic Raitt, mixing bluesy slide-guitar riffs with her soulful voice and a pop-friendly sensibility.

The delivery system, however, is brand-new. After years of working with the majors, Raitt decided to start her own label, Redwing Records. Raitt runs Redwing with the help of a tiny staff; Slipstream is the first release in its catalog.

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Election 2012
5:33 pm
Fri June 15, 2012

City Slickers Romney And Obama Woo Rural Voters

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, wave from a campaign bus on Friday at Scamman Farm in Stratham, N.H.
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Jimmy Carter shovels peanuts in an image from the 1970s.
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Ronald Reagan poses with his horse at his ranch, Rancho del Cielo, near Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1976.
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Lyndon Johnson looks over his prize Hereford bull on his ranch in Texas in 1960.
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President Obama isn't generally the type to wear a cowboy hat (though he tried on one here in Austin, Texas, in 2007), but he's trying to reach out to rural voters as he campaigns for re-election.
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Originally published on Fri June 15, 2012 6:24 pm

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was in New Hampshire on Friday, back at the farm where he launched his presidential campaign one year ago.

"In the days ahead, we'll be traveling on what are often called the backroads of America," he said. "But I think our tour is going to take us along what I'll call the backbone of America."

It was the first stop on a five-day bus tour that will take him to small towns. The former Massachusetts governor's campaign is calling it the "Every Town Counts" tour.

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Pop Culture
5:15 pm
Fri June 15, 2012

Beauty At The Beach Takes A Retro Turn

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A trio at the beach, clad in state-of-the-art (in 1948) suits.
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A swimsuit model poses on water skis while still on dry land in 1955.
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Women in vintage bikinis pose in the drivers' enclosure during Goodwood Revival 2010 in Chichester, England. The event was based around a classic car race meeting and air show but celebrated all things 1945-1966.
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Rachael Finch showcases designs on the catwalk by Speedo as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney 2011.
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Yvonne Lockyer in her bathing costume in 1952, looking as if she just washed up on the beach.
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High-end designer Norma Kamali presented swimwear such as the one-piece being modeled here at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2012 in Miami.
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A trio at the beach, clad in state-of-the-art (in 1948) suits.
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Originally published on Fri June 15, 2012 9:18 pm

With summer looming, it's time to prep for your vacation (or, for many in these financially tight times, "staycation"). The good news? A trip to the beach or the pool. The bad news? You need a swimsuit.

But the fitting-room-phobic can take heart in a trend that's seized the swimsuit industry lately. It's a retro look that includes high-waisted bikini bottoms, ruffles, halters and more.

Retro Trend Echoes A Glamorous Time

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