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In Latin America, Obama Stresses Partnership
President Obama traveled to Central America this weekend, to Mexico and then to Costa Rica, where he met with other leaders from the region. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Eric Olson of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who attended the meeting.
How Different Cultures Handle Personal Space
How we navigate one another's space is an important and nuanced part of communicating. Two authors observe how this dynamic plays out in Cairo and Sao Paulo.
Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia! was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2...
Three-Minute Fiction Round 11: Finders Keepers
For this round of our short story contest, write a piece of original fiction in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.
When illustrator Ralph Steadman accepted an assignment with writer Hunter S....
A 'Decadent And Depraved' Derby With Hunter S. Thompson
Illustrator Ralph Steadman had never heard of Hunter S. Thompson before he flew to Churchill Downs on assignment to cover the Kentucky Derby. But after an unforgettable, booze-ridden weekend with the writer, Steadman's life was never the same.
Schools On Military Bases Also Fall Victim To Sequester Cuts
Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Kelly McEvers talks to Jack Boogaard, the assistant superintendent of schools in Leemore, Calif., about how schools near military bases rely on federal money, much of which has been lost because of the budget cuts known as sequestration.
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Adam McKay's Talladega Nights: The Ballad...
The Movie Paula Patton Has 'Seen A Million Times'
Actress Paula Patton could watch Adam McKay's comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby a million times. "I can't tell you how much I use quotes from it in my daily life," she says.