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Socrates Exchange: What is the Relationship between Money, Happiness, and a Good Life?By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 28, 2008.In our next installment of The Socrates Exchange we're asking the question: “What is the relationship between money, happiness, and a good life?” Our culture may often tell us the personal wealth equals success, but most of us are suspicious of this. What really is the relationship between money, happiness, and a good life? If money isn't essential for happiness, why are we concerned with poverty? Is money, as some say, the root of all evil? Guest
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Post-Morting the 1st District DebateBy Laura Knoy on Friday, October 17, 2008.On Thursday, candidates Carol Shea Porter and Jeb Bradley faced off in a debate at Franklin Pierce’s Marlin Fitzwater Center in Manchester. The candidates discussed and debated their platforms on everything from education and energy to Social Security and the Portsmouth Shipyard. We look back at last night’s debate and see where the race goes from here. Guests
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Conservation Aresa in NHBy Rosemary Conroy on Friday, October 17, 2008.New Hampshire has made great strides in protecting wildlife throughout the state, but Rosemary encourages us not to stop pushing. listen:
  Republican Congressional Candidate Jeb BradleyBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, October 16, 2008.He was a two-term Republican congressman representing New Hampshire’s 1st District, but two years ago the Wolfeboro resident was defeated by a somewhat unknown Democrat, Carol Shea Porter. Now Bradley wants to reclaim his seat. We’ll talk to Bradley about his run for Congress, where he stands on issues ranging from the economy to health care to energy and what’s different about his campaign now than when he lost his seat two years ago. Guest
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The Rationality ProjectBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.Research shows that our brains have been lugging around a load of half-baked solutions and outdated biases since the Stone Age. These solutions may have been useful when fleeing from mastodons, but today the fight-or-flight response comes out in inconvenient ways, like road rage or screaming at a customer service rep. If we look at the brain as two characters, we’d have the reptile brain, corresponding to the gut - think of Homer Simpson - and the more reflective rational brain, corresponding to the mind, like Star Trek's Mr. Spock.
And speaking of letting emotions take over, the last place you’d want to get into an angry or violent dispute is in space. Far outside the Earth’s atmosphere, cooped up for weeks on end, cramped conditions, on a space station – it’s just not a place to get into a shouting match. Space travel confrontation is an issue that NASA takes as seriously as physical risks like radiation or muscle loss. So the space agency has created a multimedia program to help astronauts explore conflict. Clark Boyd is the technology correspondent for public radio’s The World, and brings this story to BBC's Digital Planet. listen:
Global Voices: Geishas Blogging, Hong Kong Horror, Guantanamo GameBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.The global economic crisis has dominated the news cycle lately. Obviously, it’s a complicated story of utmost importance, and media organizations are spending much of their time and resources trying to sort it all out for us. But life does go on, and there are other stories to tell.
Over in Hong Kong, bloggers are buzzing about a banned advertisement for a Halloween event. It's a truly horrifying ad, and it sends shivers up your spine. One more story that’s making its way around the blogosphere involves a video game where players question detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Deborah Dilley joins us on Word of Mouth to help us get a better understanding of these stories. She’s a writer and editor for Global Voices Online, a website that keeps track of what people are talking about on blogs all over the world.
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Good Vibes From The Wee TrioBy Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.It’s a twist to put the vibraphone out in front of bass and drums in a jazz trio, but The Wee Trio are an unusual bunch. The band covers songs by Thelonius Monk, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, and pop star Sufjan Stevens along with original tunes on their new CD Capitol Diner Volume 1.
We caught up with vibraphonist James Westfall before he and bandmates Dan Loomis and Jared Schonig were scheduled to teach a music class in Brooklyn. They’re playing at the Lily Pad in Taunton, Mass. on Friday night. Click here for more info. listen:
Issues and Elections: Entitlement ProgramsBy Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.Although entitlement issues don’t rank as high these days in voters’ minds as health care, energy costs and the struggling economy, many still want to know where their candidate stands on adding private accounts to Social Security, rising Medicare premiums and the increasing amount of seniors on Medicaid. Today Issues and Elections continues with a look at the candidates for President, Senate and Congress and their platforms on entitlement issues. Guests
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Twelfth Night: A ReviewBy Kevin Gardner on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.Portsmouth's Seacoast Repertory Theatre is kicking off its fall season with a production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. NHPR Theatre Critic Kevin Gardner has this review. listen:
New Hampshire Soldiers in Harm's Way in AfghanistanBy Douglas Grindle on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.New Hampshire received some bad news today. New Hampshire National Guard Corporal Scott Dimond from Franklin was killed in Afghanistan when his convoy came under attack. He was serving with the 172nd Mountain Infantry Regiment in Helmand Province in the southern part of the country. Soldiers from New Hampshire are stationed throughout that war-torn country helping to train the Afghan Army and police. NHPR Correspondent Doug Grindle spent some time with New Hampshire soldiers in the Farah Province near the Iranian border and filed this report. listen:
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We start in Japan, where one of the most ancient professions, the geisha, 
Vibraphonist James Westfall was the first vibes player to be admitted to study at the Thelonius Monk Institute. The audition was nerve-wracking - it required him to play Herbie Hancock's "The Sorcerer" and Wayne Shorter's "Fee Fi Fo Fum" while both Hancock and Shorter looked on as judges. He was accepted, and later resettled in New Orleans.