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'Recovery Summer' Ends With Economic Pothole
September 3, 2010 | NPR · This was supposed to be the season the economy heated up, thanks to a wave of public works projects funded by the government's stimulus program. But summer is coming to an end and the recovery has not taken root. Forecasters are expecting another gloomy employment report on Friday.
 
Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality
September 3, 2010 | NPR · Are you really going to have to have a computer chip implanted in your head as part of the new health law? Will the law allow President Obama to create his own private army? While there are outrageous rumors circulating about the health law, some claims are grounded in truth.
 
Bidding Farewell To The Congo's 'Mother And Father'
September 3, 2010 | NPR · As a long Congo River barge journey ends, so, too, does a unique glimpse into the heart of a poor but potentially rich nation grappling with conflict. Despite the hardship, the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo draw great inspiration from the inescapable and mighty river.
 
Study: Cash For Clunkers Was A Wash
September 3, 2010 | NPR · The program didn't bring any new buyers into the market, a study found. But it encouraged people who would have bought a car anyway to make their purchase a few months sooner.
 
Consumers Still Gear Up, Camp Out In Recession
September 3, 2010 | CPR · Sales in the outdoor gear industry are up more than 8 percent this year, topping retail sales overall. The industry's strength may be due to its consumers' high incomes, but the recession also has more people heading out into the wilderness.
 

Art & Life from NPR

'The American': A Domestic Bond, Drawn In Miniature
September 3, 2010 | NPR · George Clooney's latest outing showcases a more internal performance -- as an assassin whose personal life threatens to further complicate an already hard-to-manage career. Kenneth Turan says Anton Corbijn's drama is impeccably composed and beautifully shot -- if a little lacking on the emotional urgency front.
 
'Public Enemy' Wraps Up A Criminally Good Saga
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Neither director Jean-Francois Richet's style nor star Vincent Cassel's swagger falters in Public Enemy Number One, the exhilarating follow-up to Mesrine: Killer Instinct. With its shootouts, prison breaks and wild flights of ego, the saga's second half was sure to be watchable. It's also smart, funny and incisive -- about the criminal and his era. (Recommended)
 
A Family Torn Asunder Takes The 'Last Train Home'
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Frequently moving and quietly enlightening, the documentary Last Train Home is about love and exploitation, sacrifice and endurance. Director Lixin Fan follows a single Chinese family from 2006 through the financial downturn of 2008. The parents work at garment factories in Guangzhou city; their teenage children live in an impoverished village and see their parents only once a year.
 
'Noodle Shop': A Coen Brothers Tale Goes East
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Director Zhang Yimou takes on the Coen brothers, remaking Blood Simple and setting it in the 17th-century "Chinese outback." Adultery, bloody mishaps and Chinese superstition are just the appetizers in this colorful film.
 
'Machete': Out Of The 'Grindhouse,' Trailer First
September 2, 2010 | NPR · Robert Rodriguez directs Machete, featuring a character first introduced in a fake trailer that played during his 2007 exploitation flick Grindhouse..
 

October 31, 2008

Local Religious Leaders Discuss Religion and Politics


Bente BirkelandThe presidential election has raised plenty of contentious issues — but perhaps no topic has been as polarizing as religion. Whether its rumors that Barack Obama is a Muslim or certain members of the Evangelical Christian movement criticizing John McCain for not being conservative enough, religion has been a strong undercurrent in this year’s race. Bente Birkeland talked to local religious leaders to get their thoughts about the intersection between religion and politics.

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Centennial

Thirty years ago TV viewers had just begun watching the NBC mini-series Centennial. It would take more than 26 hours of television to tell the tale of James Michener’s town and its fictional characters from the 1880s through the 1970s. KUNC‘s Brian Larson takes us to one of the places that brought Michener’s novel to life on the small screen…

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October 29, 2008

Q & A with Bidlack

KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin sat down for a Q&A with Colorado’s 5th Congressional District challenger Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack.

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Q & A with Lamborn

KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin sat down for a Q&A with Colorado’s 5th Congressional District incumbent Doug Lamborn.

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October 28, 2008

Early Voting in Colorado

Both political parties have been urging Colorado voters to caste their ballots early to avoid long lines on election day. This is the last week for early voting and the latest state figures indicate thousands of people have heeded the advice. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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October 27, 2008

Colorado: Hotly Contested Swing State

Colorado is seeing an unprecedented number of visits from the presidential and vice presidential candidates in recent days, verifying its status as a hotly contested state. So who are the voters the campaigns are trying to win over? KCFR‘s Eric Whitney talks with Andrea Bernstein, the political director for the nationally syndicated Public Radio International program The Takeaway, who’s been visiting swing counties across the country. Last week, Bernstein visited Colorado counties.

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