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When Americans want to be a part of the national conversation, they turn to Talk of the Nation, NPR's midday news-talk show.
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Political Junkie on Ice
The federal government is on ice this week -- literally -- after giant snowstorms hit the Capitol. At least the weather is still bipartisan. Political junkie Ken Rudin joins the show to dig out from all the political news of the week, including the jobs bill, the health care conference and the tea party convention.
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The Winter Olympics begin Friday in Vancouver, where speedskater Shani Davis hopes to add to the medals he won in 2006. Of his status as the first black athlete to win an individual event gold medal at the winter games, Davis said that while it's nice to be a pioneer, "I was just happy to accomplish my dreams and goals in speedskating."
The Winter Olympics are set to begin, bringing sports from skeleton to speed skating to luge. The main story so far has been the lack of snow — and cold — in Vancouver. NPR Correspondents Howard Berkes and Tom Goldman give a preview of the Games.
Listeners weigh in on what happens when women make more money than their spouses, and respond to Talk of the Nation's conversation on troubling images from Haiti.
The hourlong dance variety show Soul Train was the longest-running syndicated show in history when it signed off in 2006. Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quinones, one of the program's original dancers, celebrates Soul Train's 40th anniversary with a look back at the show's impact on fashion, dance and culture.
Feb. 11 marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. NPR's Mike Shuster and former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns look back at the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, assess Iran's nuclear ambitions today, and weigh the Obama administration's options for responding.
