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5:41 am
Sun November 18, 2012

With Obama's Asia Trip, An Attempted Focus Shift

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Originally published on Sun November 25, 2012 8:45 am

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Rachel Martin.

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Author Interviews
5:41 am
Sun November 18, 2012

Relationships, Short And Sweet, In 'Married Love'

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Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 6:04 am

Host Rachel Martin speaks with British writer Tessa Hadley about her new collection of short stories, Married Love and Other Stories. Hadley teaches creative writing at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, and her stories regularly appear in The New Yorker magazine.

Food
5:41 am
Sun November 18, 2012

The Veggieducken: A Meatless Dish With Gravitas

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Pashman presents his Veggieducken. "A banana squash is about 2 feet long; it's one of the largest squashes money can buy," he says. "So this thing is big. It takes a couple hours to cook — it is an event."
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Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 10:45 am

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Author Interviews
5:41 am
Sun November 18, 2012

A Book To Break The Gun Control Stalemate

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Craig Whitney is a former reporter and editor at The New York Times. He is also the author of the book All the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters.
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Originally published on Mon November 19, 2012 9:25 am

Americans own an estimated 300 million guns. It's a level of gun ownership that no other country in the world comes close to matching. It's also a source of controversy in the U.S., where groups on both sides of the issue seem to have dug deep into the debate.

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Music Interviews
5:41 am
Sun November 18, 2012

Willie Nelson: Road Rules And Deep Thoughts

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Willie Nelson has recorded more than 100 albums and was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
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Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 6:04 am

At nearly 80, Willie Nelson remains impressively prolific: lots of songs, lots of kids and, fittingly, lots of autobiographies. The country singer's latest memoir is called Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, after a song on his Heroes album, released earlier this year. Nelson says those seeking earth-shattering revelations about his life should look elsewhere; that wasn't his intention in writing the book.

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