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WPRB News: Nobel Politics and the History of the Woodstock Festival

On October 8, 2010 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese political dissident Liu Xiaobo. We sit down with Princeton Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss the nomination. Then, our reporters discuss the history of Woodstock with organizer Artie Kornfeld.

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The Dispatch: Haisong Jiang and the Airport Kiss

In January 2010, a graduate student named Haisong Jiang crossed a Newark Airport security line in order to say goodbye to his girlfriend one last time. In March, he pleaded guilty to defiant trespass. His punishment? Community service and a $500 fine (plus court fees). A bill to tighten airport security is now advancing through the New Jersey Legislature.

We wanted the story straight from Jiang. Rosy Yang reports.

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The Dispatch: Recidivism in New Jersey

In New Jersey, the re-arrest (recidivism) rate for adult offenders is about 55%. We’ve got a lot of people ending up in jail more than once here—about 31% of all adult prisoners.

Who do these numbers represent? We look at one prisoner from Atlantic City to learn more. Tasnim Shamma reports.

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The Dispatch Web Content: A Bit of Wedding History

If you tuned in to WPRB in October, you may have caught an earlier version of Naomi Nix’s story about the first same-sex commitment ceremony performed in the Princeton University Chapel. Here’s the final version, which is quite a bit different from the original.

Correction: Reverend Sue Anne Steffey Morrow was the Associate Dean of Religious Life in 1997 not the dean of the Princeton University Chapel. WPRB regrets the error.

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The Dispatch: From Old Media to New with Charlie Gibson and Marc Fisher

We’re taking a look at how mainstream media outlets are adjusting to generational and technological shifts. Charlie Gibson of ABC shares thoughts on his retirement and the future of broadcast journalism. Marc Fisher of the Washington Post gives a glimpse at how new media is revolutionizing his and others’ work. Plus, we ask people on the street how they get their news: Paper, RSS, or Something Else?

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WPRB News: A Conversation with Charlie Gibson

During this fall’s membership drive, WPRB News aired an interview with Charles Gibson, longtime ABC anchor and host of World News Tonight with Charles Gibson. Gibson, set to retire at the end of this year, shared some thoughts about the future of broadcast media. He also reminisced about his career and his beginnings in broadcast journalism as News Director at WPRB.

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Discourse: Paul Muldoon

In collaboration with the WPRB’s Publicity and Promotions department, News will be presenting an interview today and Sunday with poet and part-time rock star, Paul Muldoon.  Muldoon is the Howard G. B. Clark Professor and Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University.  His collections include New Weather (1973), Meeting [...]

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Discourse: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

From Discourse, Sunday April 19 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Nikki Leon. A conversation with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, whose debut picture, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, is being feaured in the “Discovery” category at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.  Guy and Madeline is a musical, a gritty, vérité-style jazz flick, and, at [...]

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WPRB News Preview: The Arts and Sciences

This week, tune in for a  double edition of Discourse, featuring the latest in film and the future of molecular biology. Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join News Director Nikki Leon for a conversation with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, whose debut picture—Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench—is being featured at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. [...]

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The Latest in Nanotechnology

From Discourse, Sunday April 12 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Nikki Leon and Alfred Miller. In this episode, we take a look at a new technology, “nanoimprint lithography” developed by Princeton University scientist Stephen Chou. We explore how this method of building things on a “nano” scale can be used in a variety of [...]

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Discourse Preview: Foreign Policy and Nanotechnology

Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join producer Sophie Jin for an interview with Jon Greenwald, Vice President of the International Crisis Group and former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Counter-Terrorism.  Greenwald discusses the state of American involvement in the Middle East and how the Obama administration is shaping perspectives on America [...]

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Discourse: Tony Rothman and Sacred Mathematics

From Discourse, Sunday April 5 at 12:30 pm EST, an interview with physicist and author Tony Rothman about his latest book, Sacred Mathematics. Rothman reads from his book and examines how Japanese mathematics flourished, along with other strains of national culture, during Japan’s pre-19th century period of isolation from the west.  Produced by Nikki Leon. Part [...]

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