Environment

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Allan Brandt: "The Cigarette Century" (Basic Books)

April 17, 2007

The rise of the powerful tobacco industry, how it's battled mounting legal and scientific challenges, and where its future lies.

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Caitlin O'Connell: "The Elephant's Secret Sense" (Free Press)

March 26, 2007

An internationally acclaimed field scientist explains her theory of how elephants use seismic communication and why she believes elephant conservation is important for humans.

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Amy Stewart: "Flower Confidential" (Algonquin)

February 8, 2007

An avid gardener and horticultural writer provides a behind-the-scenes look at the $40-billion-a-year international flower business.

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"The Heart and Soul of Sundance," an NPR Special hosted by Diane Rehm

January 25, 2007

Diane travels to Utah to talk with Robert Redford, up-and-coming filmmakers, and others behind the scenes at the Sundance Institute.

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The State of the Union

January 24, 2007

A look at the president's proposals and the political landscape he faces.

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John Taliaferro: "In A Far Country" (Public Affairs)

January 3, 2007

The story of a missionary and his wife and the 1897 journey he took with seven Eskimos and hundreds of reindeer over seven hundred frozen miles to rescure the starving crews of eight icebound whaling ships.

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Adriana Trigiani: "Home to Big Stone Gap" (Random House)

December 13, 2006

The best-selling author returns with the latest installment in her series of novels featuring Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney and her tight circle of friends in the small, Blue Ridge Mountain town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

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Timothy Egan: "The Worst Hard Time" (Houghton Mifflin) (Rebroadcast)

December 4, 2006

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist tells the stories of individuals who survived the dust storms that terrorized the High Plains during the darkest years of the Depression. His book has won the 2006 National Book Award for nonfiction.

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News Roundup

September 1, 2006

A panel of journalists joins guest host Laura Knoy for review and analysis of the week's top national and international news stories.

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Diane Beers: "For the Prevention of Cruelty" (Swallow)

July 24, 2006

A discussion of the history and legacy of animal rights activism in the U.S.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.