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Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
 

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All Tech Considered
2:14 pm
Mon January 28, 2013

As Developing World Goes Mobile, Can Apple Make The Sale?

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A salesperson demonstrates the Apple iPhone 4 in New Delhi, India. While mobile device use is growing rapidly in emerging markets, Apple's current product line may prove prohibitively expensive for many consumers.
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Originally published on Mon January 28, 2013 5:23 pm

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Music Interviews
5:31 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

Big Freedia Lays Out The Basics Of Bounce

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Big Freedia (the stage name of New Orleans native Freddie Ross) is one of the biggest stars of the hip-hop subculture known as bounce.
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Big Freedia (the stage name of New Orleans native Freddie Ross) is one of the biggest stars of the hip-hop subculture known as bounce.
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Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 10:29 am

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Around the Nation
4:54 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

A Doctor's Kindness Gives Homeless Inventor A Second Chance

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Mike Williams (left) was homeless and broke in Sacramento, Calif., when he met Dr. Jong Chen. Now the two men are working together to develop a portable housing pod for the homeless.
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A rendering of the pod prototype designed by Williams in his joint venture with Chen.
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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 5:34 pm

In California in the early 1980s, a cracked tooth sent Mike Williams to the dentist's office.

When Williams asked to see the tooth, the dentist said he had a mirror but that there was no camera or anything to show people the insides of their mouths. So, Williams invented one: the first intraoral camera.

His invention was a big success, and it led to other medical technology ventures that made him millions of dollars. Williams' career as an inventor and entrepreneur took off, but it wouldn't last.

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World
3:58 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

Egyptian President Declares State Of Emergency

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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 5:34 pm

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in the three cities most disrupted by clashes with protesters. Weekends on All Things Considered host Robert Smith speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about the situation.

Politics
3:58 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

The Senate And Its Finicky Filibuster Relationship

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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 5:34 pm

This week, the Senate passed a rules change to make it just a little harder for members to start a filibuster. Some think it's not enough action, and others think it's too limiting, but most agree that a compromise is better than nothing. Weekends on All Things Considered host Robert Smith talks with political scientist Sarah Binder about how the filibuster grew in to such a road-blocking nuisance in the first place, and asks Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., what these changes will mean for the senate filibuster.

Author Interviews
3:21 pm
Sun January 27, 2013

'Manifest Injustice': A 40-Year Fight For Freedom

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Barry Siegel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.
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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 5:34 pm

In 1962, a grisly double murder on a deserted stretch of desert rocked a small community outside Phoenix.

A young couple had been shot to death in a case that stumped Maricopa County investigators. Then, something happened that should have cracked it wide open: A man named Ernest Valenzuela confessed to the crime. But police didn't pursue the lead, just one misstep in an investigation and eventual trial that were rife with irregularities.

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U.S.
5:34 pm
Sat January 26, 2013

Investing In Citizenship: For The Rich, A New Road To The U.S.

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The Barclays Center in New York, the new home of the Brooklyn Nets, was built partially with investment from overseas donors seeking U.S. citizenship. A little-known immigration program allows wealthy investors to get a green card in exchange for funding American businesses.
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Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 1:17 pm

The traditional immigrant story is a familiar one.

Someone who longs for a better life makes the tough journey, leaves behind the hardships of his or her native land and comes to the United States to start again. That story, in a lot of ways, helped build this country.

These days, however, there's a very different kind of immigrant who wants to come to this country — the rich — and they have a different set of dreams.

Anthony Korda was a barrister, or lawyer, in England who vacationed frequently in the U.S. with his family.

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Author Interviews
4:40 pm
Sat January 26, 2013

Ship Those (Virtual) Chips: The Rise And Fall Of Online Poker's Youngest Crew

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Ship It Holla Ballas by Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback.
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Jonathan Grotenstein is a writer and professional poker player living in Los Angeles. He is the co-author, with Phil Gordon, of Poker: The Real Deal.
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A former sports reporter and columnist for Jackson Hole News, Storms Reback writes and plays professional poker in Austin, Texas.
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Originally published on Sat January 26, 2013 5:59 pm

In the early 2000s, the get-rich-quick scheme of choice for young college dropouts was poker — and not your grandfather's poker, with clinking chips on green felt tables. Online poker. For a few years it was a national obsession for a generation of young men who grew up playing hours and hours of video games.

Many of these players couldn't get into casinos because they were underage, but they used their brains and introductory statistics courses to rake in millions, often playing 10 or more games simultaneously on huge computer monitors.

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Performing Arts
4:02 pm
Sat January 26, 2013

The 'Life And Times' Takes Audiences On A Lengthy Journey

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Originally published on Sat January 26, 2013 5:34 pm

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ROBERT SMITH, HOST:

Hey, thanks for sticking with us. It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Smith.

Opening this week in New York City, you can see a musical that demands a little something extra from its audience: endurance. The show is called "Life and Times," and it is more than 10 hours from start to finish. It's a production of Soho Rep at the Public Theater. And before the musical starts, the audience has that focus that you only see in marathon runners, preparing for the long haul.

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World
4:02 pm
Sat January 26, 2013

Predictions, Warnings Round Out World Economic Forum

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Originally published on Sat January 26, 2013 5:34 pm

The World Economic Forum ended Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, and Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times gives weekends on All Things Considered host Robert Smith a debrief on the week's events and why predictions made there are so often wrong.

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