Jun 6th, 2008 · Big Brown will try to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday — and if he does, he becomes the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis talks with Robert Siegel about the troubles related to health and steroids that have come up this horseracing season.
Jun 5th, 2008 · U.S. and British diplomats are detained as they travel outside Zimbabwe's capital to investigate political violence. The Bush administration called the incident outrageous. James D. McGee, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, speaks with Robert Siegel.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · In December, more than two dozen teenagers were arrested for breaking into and vandalizing the one-time summer residence of Robert Frost. Their punishment? Attend a class about the American poet. Novelist and Middlebury College professor Jay Parini, who taught the class, talks with Robert Siegel.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · It was a marathon of a hockey game on Monday. The Pittsburgh Penguins fought back against the Detroit Red Wings to stay alive in the Stanley Cup finals. The contest went into triple overtime. Duquesne Professor Jim Webber, who stayed up well past midnight to watch the victory, talks with Robert Siegel.
May 23rd, 2008 · Melissa Block and Robert Siegel wrap up two weeks of reporting from Chengdu, China. Both hosts and three producers traveled to Chengdu to tell the story of the fast-growing region. Then a massive earthquake struck. Michele Norris talks with them about their impressions as they prepare to return to the United States.
May 21st, 2008 · A thousand evacuees are living in 60 emergency housing units and 20 tents in a public park in Chengdu, China. They are living 10 and 12 to a room. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with various evacuees, some of whom are from the worst-hit mountain towns.
May 17th, 2008 · Scott Simon talks with Robert Siegel about his week in the heart of the Chinese earthquake.
May 16th, 2008 · Before he became Virginia's junior Senator, Jim Webb was a Marine, a Republican, Secretary of the Navy, and a best-selling author. He became a Democrat because of his disgust over the handling of Iraq. He ran on that issue, as well as the increasing economic disparity between the rich and the working class. The country's foreign policy and its domestic inequities are two topics he takes on in his newest book, A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America. Robert Siegel talks with Webb about Webb's book, and about Washington chatter over his potential as a vice-presidential candidate.