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Who's Your Guru?


Updated Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 6:23 PM ET

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Thursday, April 29, 2004

Shopping: Choosing a Guru that's Right for You
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with David Plotz about America's self-help heroes, or gurus," and gets suggestions about how to select the proper guru for your current life crisis. Listen to the segment.

War Stories: Bush, Cheney and the Sept. 11 Panel
NPR's Madeleine Brand and Fred Kaplan discuss which questions Kaplan would put to President Bush and Vice President Cheney during their testimony Thursday before the bipartisan panel investigating the government's response to terrorism before and after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Listen to the segment.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Jurisprudence: Rights of Enemy Combatants
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Dahlia Lithwick about two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday involving the legal rights of American citizens who have been declared enemy combatants in the war on terror. Listen to the segment.

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Jurisprudence: Cheney's Energy Task Force
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Dahlia Lithwick about arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday over Vice President Dick Cheney's secretive energy task force and the right of the executive branch of the federal government to keep certain information private. Listen to the segment.

War Stories: Protecting U.S. Supply Lines in Iraq 
NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Phillip Carter about the difficulties the U.S. military is encountering protecting supply lines in Iraq, and the potential consequences for the larger mission. Listen to the segment.

Monday, April 26, 2004

On the Trail: Iraq and the Presidential Election
NPR's Alex Chadwick gets an analysis from Chris Suellentrop on how the latest developments in Iraq are likely to affect the presidential campaign. Listen to the segment.

Chatterbox: Red and Blue Landslide Counties
Timothy Noah talks with Texas journalist Bill Bishop, who has researched voting patterns over the last 30 years. Bishop has found that Americans are increasingly moving to areas where others share their political beliefs. This is leading to what he calls "landslide counties" that consistently vote either Republican or Democrat. Listen to the segment.

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