June 25, 2009

Today on Word of Mouth, writer Aravind Adiga's new collection of stories shows an India you won’t see in the guide books. "Between the Assassinations" takes an unflinching look at how religious violence, caste, corruption, and crime continue to dog the rising superpower. And we’ll hear about "the father of global warming," James Hansen, a NASA scientist turned climate crusader who was arrested this week. And we visit a laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., where Ali Khademhosseini and a Harvard Medical School team are at the forefront of research in generating new organs.

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