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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Headline Game

Carl reads recent headlines to our panelists, they have to pick which ones are real.

Fresh Air Weekend
8:41 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Gary Oldman, Rin Tin Tin

Credit Murray Close / Warner Bros. Pictures
Oldman played Sirius Black to Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter in the blockbuster franchise.

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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Simon Says
8:15 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Zambia Official Talks the Talk, Jumps the Jump

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Zambia's tourism minister Given Lubinda bungee-jumped off of a bridge at Victoria Falls to invite tourists back.

Given Lubinda jumped off a bridge this week and popped up smiling.

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Around the Nation
7:44 am
Sat January 14, 2012

The Income Gap: Unfair, Or Are We Just Jealous?

The widening gulf between the rich and everyone else is a growing source of tension in America.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds the income gap is now seen as a bigger source conflict in the U.S. than race, age or national origin. That's why some believe the issue could matter in the presidential campaign, and others worry it would warp the national debate.

Two out of three Americans now perceive strong social conflicts over the income gap — up sharply from two years ago. Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center has an idea what's behind the increase.

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The Two-Way
7:28 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Guatemala's Legacy Of Violence Follows New Leader To Power

As Guatemala's new president, Otto Perez Molina, takes office today, the former general carries the burden of a complicated history into a new struggle against violence.

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