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Feb 13 - Free Egypt; Yemen's Prospects; Deborah Amos on Arab Youth and the Internet

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Hear Part 1	Sheila Carapico, Chair of the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo, who we talked to on Jan 25--the first day of Egypt's uprising-- gives her assessment of the situation now.
Hear Part 2	Charles Schmitz, president of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies, discusses current protests in Yemen's streets.
Hear Part 3	Deborah Amos, Middle East reporter for National Public Radio, talks about the series she produced on Arab youth and offers her analysis of the Middle East at the moment. CHECK OUT DEBORAH AMOS'S PROGRAM: "Words and Deeds: Freedom of Expression and Arab Youth"

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Feb 10 - Egypt's Revolution Seen from Alexandria and DC; Tea Party Budget Follies

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Hear Part 1	Youth Journalism International reporter Jessica Elsayed talks from Alexandria about Mubarak's non-exit speech.
Hear Part 2	Elliott Colla, chair of Arab and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, talks about his testimony to Congress and the prospects for Egypt's people's revolution.
Hear Part 3	Dean Baker discusses the internal Republican budget wrangling and their ideologically-driven proposed cuts.

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Jan 27 - The Palestine Papers; Russia; Balkan Organ Trading?

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Hear Part 1	Amjad Atallah, of the New America Foundation and author of "Look, the Emporer Has No Clothes: Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers," discusses the Palestine Papers.
Hear Part 2	Gordon Hahn, author of Russia's Islamic Threat, analyzes Russia's current situation.
Hear Part 3	Johns Hopkins professor and researcher Daniel Serwer, who has extensive experience in negotiating peace in the Balkans, talks about claims of an organ dealing ring in Kosovo.

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Jan 26 - William Cohan on the Financial Crisis; Gun Control; Today in Egypt

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Hear Part 1	William Cohan, author of House of Cards, talks about the new report on the avoidability of financial crisis.
Hear Part 2	Former ATF agent and expert in tracking crime-guns, Gerald Nunziato, talks about current gun legislation.
Hear Part 3	Samia Serageldin, author of The Cairo House, on the phone from Cairo, explains the current situation in Egypt.

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Jan 25 - Egypt's Uprising; Charles Peters on Obama; State of the Union in Historical Context

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Hear Part 1	Sheila Carapico, Chair of the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo, analyzes the uprising in Egypt's streets.
Hear Part 2	Veteran journalist, founder of The Washington Monthly and author of How Washington Really Works, Charles Peters discusses Obama's presidency and the State of the Union address.
Hear Part 3	Presidential historian Edward Frantz puts the State of the Union address into historical context.

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