The Two-Way
9:15 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Rep. Ryan Says New GOP Budget Plan 'Offers Real Solutions Again'

Credit Erin Schwartz / NPR
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at NPR headquarters in May 2011.
  • Tamara Keith on 'Morning Edition'
New Tunes at Two
8:37 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Thursday, March 22: VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT - This Is Rock?

Monday: PETER MULVEY - The Good Stuff

Tuesday: I SEE HAWKS IN LA - New Kind of Lonely

Wednesday: CHUCK PROPHET - Temple Beautiful

Thursday: VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT - This Is Rock?

 

 

New Tunes at Two
8:35 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Wednesday, March 21st: CHUCK PROPHET - Temple Beautiful

Monday: PETER MULVEY - The Good Stuff

Tuesday: I SEE HAWKS IN LA - New Kind of Lonely

Wednesday: CHUCK PROPHET - Temple Beautiful

Thursday: VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT - This Is Rock?

 

 

The Two-Way
8:35 am
Tue March 20, 2012

'All My Dreams Are Buried Under A Pile Of Dust Now,' Says Grieving Afghan

Credit Allauddin Khan / AP
Afghan villagers prayed last week at a ceremony for the 16 victims of what officials say was an attack by a U.S. Army soldier.

Along with the latest news about the U.S. Army staff sergeant who allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians on March 11, we want to note this heart-breaking quote from a man who says he lost almost all his family in that massacre:

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New Tunes at Two
8:32 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Tuesday, March 20th: I SEE HAWKS IN LA - New Kind of Lonely

Monday: PETER MULVEY - The Good Stuff

Tuesday: I SEE HAWKS IN LA - New Kind of Lonely

Wednesday: CHUCK PROPHET - Temple Beautiful

Thursday: VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT - This Is Rock?

 

Programming
8:27 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Tomorrow Waits For No One!

Where do soap opera fans go when all of their favorite daytime soaps have been or will be canceled? To the Internet, of course! Asheville resident Marcello LanFranchi has written and produced an internet soap called "Tomorrow Waits For No One" and it has all of the things you would expect to find in a soap opera. Set in the fictional Silicon Valley town of Santa Lorena, this locally produced video drama will be coming to the Ethernet soon. Check it out at www.SantaLorena.com.

Monkey See
8:24 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Cheaper Clothes And Shorter Stories: On Soaps, Strange 'Days' Indeed

Credit Mitchell Haaseth / NBC Universal
Peter Reckell as Bo Brady and Kristian Alfonso as Hope Williams Brady: still at it after all these years.

It's not easy being one of the last soaps standing, as Neda Ulaby reports on today's Morning Edition. For fans, the shuttering of iconic shows like All My Children and Guiding Light has upended routines that, for some, date back to childhood. When I was in high school, my soap of choice was Days Of Our Lives, which Neda says has changed a lot since that era — well, it's changed and it hasn't.

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The Two-Way
7:45 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Trayvon Martin Killing: Federal Officials Will Try To Calm Racial Tensions

  • Mark Simpson on 'Morning Edition'

Here are some of the latest developments in a story that has captured attention across the nation and raised again the issue of race relations in America — the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., last month:

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The Two-Way
7:10 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Dozens Killed By More Bombings In Iraq; 'Deadliest Day' In A Month

Credit Azhar Shallal / AFP/Getty Images
The scene in Ramadi, capital of Iraq's Anbar province, after a bomb exploded there today.

Another wave of bombings in Iraq killed dozens of people today and wounded about 200 in more than a dozen cities and towns.

According to The Associated Press, it's the kind of violence "officials had dreaded in the run-up to a Baghdad meeting of the Arab world's top leaders, which the government hoped would showcase the nation's stability." That summit is scheduled for next week. As the AP adds:

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