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TBA |
| Episode Number: |
528 |
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What Happened Next: Wolfman |
| Episode Number: |
527 |
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A look back at previous stories from northwest Montana, including the first wolf hunt for grey wolves, trapping giant grizzly bears and disappearing ice from Glacier National Park. |
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What Happened Next: The Future of the Military |
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526 - Available on iTunes |
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As the Pentagon expands America's military reach, some are questioning the strategy as foolish and expensive. An alternative plan for a future military. |
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What Happened Next: Concussions |
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525 - Available on iTunes |
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A follow up to our reporting on concussions, football, and dementia. The topic is now a major area of concern and the National Football League has begun taking aggressive action. |
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What Happened Next: Congressman Grayson |
| Episode Number: |
524 - Available on iTunes |
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We begin a special series of reports updating what's happened since our original investigations aired. First up, Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida. Also the government claims progress against Medicare fraud. |
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Return to Base |
| Episode Number: |
523 - Available on iTunes |
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For the better part of a year photographer Lucian Read embedded with the 4th infantry division 4th combat brigade during their one year deployment in Afghanistan. We were there for their homecoming in Fort Carson, Colorado and afterward sat down with some of the soldiers for a round table discussion before an audience of troops and their families. Also, vignettes from our time embedded with the soldiers. |
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Spiritually Bankrupt |
| Episode Number: |
522 - Available on iTunes |
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The Catholic Church faces hundreds of lawsuits in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. Dioceses across the country have filed for bankruptcy, but our investigation suggests the church has hid considerable assets to avoid paying damages to victims. Also, a look at the fight for millions of federal dollars, all over rum. |
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A Gulf in Understanding |
| Episode Number: |
521 - Available on iTunes |
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What will happen to all that oil? With millions of gallons of crude spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists rush to understand the effects of this massive uncontrolled undersea experiment. Also, four generations of a fishing family and an award winning photographer share their views on the environmental disaster. |
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Face-Off |
| Episode Number: |
520 - Available on iTunes |
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The Supreme Court ruled that crime lab technicians have to come to court to testify. Prosecutors say it's chaos. Defense lawyers say it's what's in the Constitution. Also a discussion about what this case tells us about the Supreme Court in a time of transition. |
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Haul or High Water |
| Episode Number: |
519 - Available on iTunes |
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The American economy survives and thrives because of a highly efficient transportation system that relies on trucks. But the drivers of those trucks are working longer hours and making less money than ever. |
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Up To Their Ashes |
| Episode Number: |
518 |
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The volcano spewing ash in Iceland may be a sign of things to come. Scientists there believe melting glaciers will lead to more frequent and larger volcanic eruptions. Also, neighboring Greenland and the loss of glaciers there. Plus, a young man with a new idea on Wall Street. |
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Pornland, Oregon |
| Episode Number: |
517 - Available on iTunes |
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Oregon's largest city has an unfortunate nickname, but vice officers with the Portland police think it's well deserved. The sex trade, especially involving minors, is taking off like a rocket. And Portland police feel understaffed and overwhelmed with young girls being sold for sex. |
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Voting With Their Feet |
| Episode Number: |
516 - Available on iTunes |
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An unseen side of the war in Afghanistan. Despite U.S. efforts to stabilize the country, thousands of Afghans are now fleeing their homeland every year trying to reach Europe and a better life. Also, evidence from rape cases gets a second look. |
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Where There's Smoke... |
| Episode Number: |
515 - Available on iTunes |
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Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan believe smoke coming from enormous trash fires is making them ill and possibly causing cancer. And, as oil washes ashore in the Gulf of Mexico, hard times for fishermen in Louisiana and fear in Alaska, where big rigs are about begin drilling offshore. |
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Mud Flap |
| Episode Number: |
514 - Available on iTunes |
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The Louisiana coastline is quickly disappearing because of man-made levees. But mud from the Mississippi River can save the coast. Without it, scientists predict by the next century, Baton Rouge, 80 miles inland, will be on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans will be under water. Plus the remarkable story of a young survivor left for dead in Haiti. |
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Fracking Gas |
| Episode Number: |
513 - Available on iTunes |
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Is natural gas the answer to America's energy problems? A revolutionary process called "fracking" has opened up a world of possibilities for this county's energy future. |
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The Big O |
| Episode Number: |
512 - Available on iTunes |
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A candid conversation with the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno on the drawdown of American forces. |
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Not If But When |
| Episode Number: |
511 - Available on iTunes |
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As Haiti struggles to rebuild, a team of geologists has rushed to the country. Their conclusion is that much of Port au Prince may never be safe from future earthquakes. Also, a look at a remarkable medical clinic in Florida and a major study says the future of journalism is bleak. |
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Over and Out |
| Episode Number: |
510 - Available on iTunes |
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First evidence that the 6 year-old war in Iraq is coming to an end for U.S. forces. Dan Rather Reports was on hand for the dismantling of one of the bases that was once a hot spot in the middle of the war. Now everything is being shipped to the U.S. or Afghanistan. Also, the remarkable women of Rwanda taking power. |
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The Price of an Afghan Bride |
| Episode Number: |
509 - Available on iTunes |
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One of Afghanistan's few women scholars, a young writer and poet, is about to be unwillingly sold for marriage. Also, waiting for reinforcements in Kandahar. |
