Favorite Sessions
7:03 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Doug Paisley: The Outcast's Apostle

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Doug Paisley gets personal at Pendarvis Farm during Pickathon Music Festival in Oregon.

Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 11:02 am

With the voice of a classic country crooner, singer-songwriter Doug Paisley writes lyrics to which everyone can relate. While fiddles sound off in the background, Paisley takes a break from Oregon's Pickathon Music Festival to perform a new acoustic song for opbmusic.org.

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Participation Nation
6:03 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Handlebar Help In Rochester, N.Y.

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Dan Lill of R Community Bikes.

R Community Bikes is a grassroots organization in Rochester that repairs and gives away bikes to people in need.

The vision and tireless work of Dan Lill has helped this group grow from a seasonal bike clinic in a soup kitchen parking lot — with two would-be bike mechanics — to a full fledged nonprofit with 50-60 active volunteer bike mechanics and a 6,000 square foot shop-and-warehouse that provides free repairs to the entire population.

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Tanner spent the first 10 years of his career in print as a travel and features writer for Southern Living magazine in Birmingham, Alabama.

He then transitioned into multimedia reporting, using sound, video, and photography to tell his stories.

A graduate of the University of Alabama, Tanner is a world traveler, folk art collector, foodie, and he always tries the local beer on tap.

Around the Nation
5:28 am
Sat August 25, 2012

For A Craftsman, Shining Shoes Offers Ties To Home

Originally published on Mon August 27, 2012 12:29 pm

'Weekend Edition's' Taste Of Summer
5:28 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Squash Savories To Soothe Summer's End

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 9:16 am

The season is almost over, but summer squash is still plentiful in supermarkets.

Tanya Holland, executive chef and owner of Side BBQ and Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., tells NPR's Scott Simon that she loves the versatility of summer squash.

"It can pretty much be used in any dish as a vegetarian substitute that might require chicken or a fish," she says. "It kind of takes on any flavor that you put it with."

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Television
5:28 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Meet Peter Lassally, Late Night 'Host Whisperer'

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Longtime late night producer Peter Lassally tells Scott Simon that being interviewed for NPR is a "big, frightening experience." "I'm not a performer," he says. "I'm a quiet person who doesn't like to blow his own horn."

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 9:16 am

Peter Lassally is known as "the host whisperer." If you've ever watched a late night show with an opening monologue, a couch and guests bouncing off each other, then you've seen his work — he practically invented the form.

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Arts & Life
5:28 am
Sat August 25, 2012

For Writers, The School Of Hard Cops

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Retired Sgt. Derek Pacifico trains screenwriters and novelists to bring more realism into their police procedurals.

Originally published on Sun August 26, 2012 5:51 am

Police procedurals are the spaghetti and meatballs of television programming. With so many permutations of Laws and Order, CSI and wisecracking cops, you can practically see yellow crime-scene tape stretched around the prime-time schedule.

Sgt. Derek Pacifico spent more than two decades with the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sherriff's Department, responding to emergency calls and walking a beat. He has investigated close to 200 murders, shootings and other crime cases.

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It's All Politics
5:07 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Veteran N.C. Political Strategists See Obama Path To Tar Heel State Win

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 9:20 am

If you want to understand how the White House race will play out in North Carolina as we enter the convention phase, talking to Carter Wrenn, a Republican, and Gary Pearce, a Democrat, is a good start.

The two veteran political strategists have, over decades, been involved in many a Tar Heel campaign.

One of Wrenn's best known clients was Jesse Helms, the late North Carolina senator renowned for both his surliness and race baiting.

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All Tech Considered
5:00 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Apple's Patent Win Could Alter Landscape Of Smartphone Industry

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Banners advertising Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea.

Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 3:35 pm

The dust has yet to settle on Apple's patent lawsuit victory Friday over electronics rival Samsung. Samsung has said it will ask the court to overturn the verdict, which would award Apple more than $1 billion in damages. But if that's unsuccessful, Samsung will likely appeal.

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Politics
4:47 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Romney Reboot? Convention Could Be The Ticket

Mitt Romney, 65, has spent the better part of a decade running for president. And as the son of a Michigan governor who headed a Detroit auto company, he's been in the public eye much longer.

Yet the former Massachusetts governor has remained an enigma to many voters, his political positions malleable, and much of his business and private life — including his Mormon religion — intentionally obscured.

Or simply declared off limits, like years of his tax returns.

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