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WPRB News and Culture: May 14, 2012

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Here’s this week’s episode of WPRB News and Culture. Listen below!


- Here is the ABC interview in which President Obama expresses his support for same-sex marriage.

- Here is Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek article on Barack Obama: The First Gay President.

- Here’s an article by Mona Eltahawy that appeared in Foreign Policy magazine. It’s
called “Why Do They Hate Us?” and it describes her account of the war on women in
the Middle East.

- Here’s an interesting take on Mitt Romney’s “unnecessary speech” at Liberty University. It explores the link between
Romney’s campaign and his evangelical support base.

- Is Barack Obama appealing to a new demographic base? Veterans have typically been a source of support for Republican candidates, but it seems that the tables are turning.

Leave us your comments and questions at any time. We love to hear from you!

WPRB News: November 28, 2011

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Click here to download the audio file for this week’s episode of WPRB News and Culture.

Breakdown of content:
-Click here to download the audio file for Ruchira Gupta, who spoke about and against sex trafficking.
-Click here to download the audio file for WPRB’s Review of Dr. Faustus, premiering this Thursday at the Wilson Black Box Theater.

WPRB News: Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Click here to listen to a critical review of Tom Stoppard’s play “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” staged on Princeton’s Campus by Theater Intime and directed by Julia Bumke.

Note: WPRB News and Culture would like to express its sincerest gratitude to the Istrate family, who have so kindly engineered the audio for this critical review. Many thanks!

In other news: Derek Gideon gave an insightful update on the status of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Despite having been evicted from Zuccotti Park, protesters continue to express their discontent by setting up tent “art installations” around the city. Things took a turn for the worse on the West Coast, where police at UC Davis pepper sprayed a group of students. These students seem to have been protesting peacefully. Stay tuned for updates as we follow the Occupy protests around the country.

WPRB News and Culture: October 17, 2011

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Click here to listen to Part 1 of this week’s show: Ari Satok’s story on Lalo for Voices of Resilience.

Click here to listen to Part 2 of this week’s show: Lydia Dallett on Sanchali Pal.

Click here to listen to Part 3 of this week’s show: Peter Giovine and Jackie Cremos on “I’m Going to Make a Small Incision Behind Your Ear to Check and See If You are Actually Human.”