Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Panel Round Two

More questions for the panel: A Little Chin Music, Eau de Pontiff and Putting Six Elbows On The Bar.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Opening Panel Round

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: A Two-Ply Problem. (3) Bluff The Listener — Our panelists tell us three stories of St. Patrick's Day traditions being used for good, only one of which is true.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Limericks

Carl reads three news-related limericks: A Hairy Situation, Come Fly With My Kids and A Bird In Need Of A Birdbath.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Who's Carl This Time

Carl reads three quotes from the weeks news: Southern Swing, I Quit and A Final Edition.

Fresh Air Weekend
7:30 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Drones, Homes & Dave Brubeck

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

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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History
6:22 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Convicted Nazi Guard John Demjanjuk Dies

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John Demjanjuk emerges from the courtroom with his lawyers after a judge sentenced him to five years in prison for charges related to 28,060 counts of accessory to murder in May 2011 in Munich, Germany.

John Demjanjuk, the retired U.S. autoworker convicted of being a guard at in an infamous Nazi death camp, died Saturday at the age of 91. Demjanjuk died a free man in a nursing home in southern Germany, where he had been released pending his appeal.

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Music Interviews
5:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Composer Matches Music To Horse Hooves

Originally published on Sun March 18, 2012 7:07 am

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JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

As London prepares for an Olympic influx, the world's athletes are not the only ones limbering up. Composer Tom Hunt is at work with members of a British team who compete in the equestrian sport called dressage. He joins us from the BBC studios in Salford.

Thank you for joining us.

TOM HUNT: Thank you for having me.

LYDEN: The music that you compose for the equestrian competition, tell us how the music and the horse work together.

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Politics
5:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Clooney One Of Many Celebrities To Grace The Hill

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Actor George Clooney is led away in handcuffs from Sudan's embassy in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Clooney, his father, Nick, and others including Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested as they demonstrated to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Around the Nation
5:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

Suspect In Afghanistan Shooting Shocks Neighbors

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JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

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Sports
5:00 am
Sat March 17, 2012

A Basketball Wrap-Up, In Verse

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JACKI LYDEN, BYLINE: Every school invited to the NCAA basketball tournament has had a chance to play. So we thought we'd bring you details of every game. Well, maybe not details, but at least a mention from NPR's Mike Pesca. And what he lacks in specifics, he makes up for in rhyme.

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