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2:00 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

For Norway, A Horrific Memory Lingers

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GUY RAZ, HOST:

On a Friday night this past July, it was July 22nd to be exact, we began to hear details about a shooting in Norway. Now, at first, it seemed like an isolated incident. But by Saturday morning, the full extent of the attacks started to become clear. A series of explosions, and then the systematic killing of dozens of young people by an extreme right wing gunman named Anders Behring Breivik.

That morning, we called journalist Anders Giaever. He's a columnist at one of Norway's largest newspapers and he was shaken.

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Television
1:28 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

The Good Old Yule Log Spreads To HDTV

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A screencap of the iconic WPIX Yule Log. The original video was filmed in 1966; this version was redone in 1970.
Sports
1:23 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

An Epic (And Mythic) 2011 NBA Preview

The NBA season opens Christmas Day, and every sports writer worth his tinseled tropes has made a reference to basketball fans being able to unwrap a slate of games under the tree.

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Fresh Air Weekend
11:34 am
Sat December 24, 2011

Fresh Air Weekend: Trent Reznor, Elmo

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Elmo and Clash, on the Sesame Street set in 2006.

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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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
11:00 am
Sat December 24, 2011

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about health care in the UK.

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