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Revolutionary Road Trip
2:54 am
Wed June 6, 2012

Once Tolerated, Alcohol Now Creates Rift In Tunisia

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Children ride the train, hopping in and out of the open doors, from Tunis to the suburb of Sidi Bou Said.
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Buckshot pockmarks the outside of a mosque in Sidi Bouzid, where there have been confrontations over the presence of liquor stores.
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A monument to Mohammed Bouazizi, a fruit seller who touched off the Arab Spring by setting himself on fire in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. The graffiti reads, "For Those Who Yearn To Be free."
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A vendor sells fruit in the same market area where Bouazizi worked.
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Jacob LaLoush poses beside bougainvillea flowers outside his kosher restaurant in Sidi Bou Said, outside Tunis. He says his is the only kosher restaurant left in all of Tunis.
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A boy peers out a bus window in the Tunis suburb of Sidi Bou Said.
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Political activist Ramy Sghayer says he favors a secular society for Tunisia.
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LaLoush's mother, Lily, and chef Hadia Ben Mahmoud prepare dinner in the family restaurant, Mamy Lily.
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The wall surrounding the Celtia brewery is about 12-feet high and topped with razor wire and broken beer bottles. The brewery is owned by the state, and the government is currently controlled by the Islamist party Ennahda.
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A vendor sells fruit at the Sidi Bouzid market where fruit-seller Mohammed Bouazizi worked. Bouazizi's self-immolation in front of the governor's offices nearby was the catalyst for protests all over the county.
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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 12:07 pm

Over the next couple weeks, NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is taking a Revolutionary Road Trip across North Africa to see how the countries that staged revolutions last year are remaking themselves as they write new social rules, rebuild their economies and establish new political systems. Steve and his team will be traveling some 2,000 miles from Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage, across the deserts of Libya and on to Egypt's megacity of Cairo. In this story, he looks at the friction that has developed over alcohol in Tunisia.

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It's All Politics
2:32 am
Wed June 6, 2012

How Walker Held On To His Job In Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets supporters at a rally Tuesday in Waukesha, Wis., after weathering a recall challenge.
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Originally published on Wed June 6, 2012 8:17 am

Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall attempt in Wisconsin on Tuesday by doing what he had to do: turning out huge majorities in the Republican enclaves of the state — especially in its eastern half near Lake Michigan.

In the end, Walker wound up with about 53 percent of the vote, about 1 percentage point better than he had in winning the governorship the first time in November 2010.

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Planet Money
9:39 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Three Ways To Stop A Bank Run

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This photo dated October 24th, 1929, shows a view of people rushing to a saving bank in Millbury, Massachusetts as the stock market on Wall Street crashed, sparking a run on banks that spread across the country.
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Before it was a laundromat, this building housed the Bronx branch of the Bank of the United States. One the first bank runs of the Great Depression happened here in 1930.
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Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 5:23 pm

Once a bank run starts, it takes on a logic of its own. Even a solid, solvent bank can't hold up for long if people start to panic. This is a problem for Europe right now, as depositors continue to pull money out of banks in Spain and Greece.

On today's show, we talk to Douglas Diamond, an economist who is one of the go-to guys on bank runs, and we hear from Greek bank teller who is handing out euros to panicked depositors.

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It's All Politics
7:34 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Live Blog: Wisconsin Decides Governor's Fate In Recall Vote

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Supporters of Republican Gov. Scott Walker watch returns as they await the governor's speech at an election night rally on Tuesday in Waukesha, Wis. Walker survived a recall election in the state, defeating his Democratic rival, Tom Barrett.
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Neighbors display signs with opposite views in Beloit.
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Voters in Clinton, cast ballots Tuesday in the state's recall election. The election was forced by opponents of Walker's controversial effort to curb collective bargaining for public employees in the state.
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The Solidarity Singers play union songs in support of recalling Walker near the Capitol in Madison.
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Walker votes in Wauwatosa. He is trying to become the first U.S. governor to successfully fend off a recall.
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Barrett puts his ballot into a machine after voting in Milwaukee.
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Voters cast ballots in Milwaukee. Critics of the governor gathered more than 900,000 signatures in support of the recall.
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Walker supporters watch returns as they await the governor's speech at an election night rally on Tuesday in Waukesha.
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Barrett's supporters watch early election returns June 5, in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker waves at his victory party Tuesday in Waukesha, Wis. The Republican survived a recall election in the state, defeating his Democratic rival, Tom Barrett.
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Voters line up at the French Immersion School in Milwaukee to decide between Walker and Barrett.
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The pro-Barrett "light brigade," whose participants in recent weeks had positioned themselves at dusk on highway over passes.
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Originally published on Wed June 6, 2012 7:40 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, just the third governor in U.S. history to face a recall effort, is now the first to successfully defeat such an attempt. The Associated Press projected that Walker would defeat Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in what was a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial election.

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American Dreams: Then And Now
7:31 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

'My Country': tUnE-yArDs Questions The American Dream

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Merrill Garbus is the singer and songwriter behind the band tUnE-yArDs.
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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 12:07 pm

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NPR Ombudsman
7:17 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Artfully Writing About Sex Abuse By Catholic Priests

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The Rev. James Brennan returns after a lunch break to Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center Mar. 26, 2012.
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Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 4:20 pm

A Web version of a recent report by Barbara Bradley Hagerty about the Philadelphia sex abuse trial of a Catholic monsignor and a priest prompted the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights to accuse NPR of taking a "bigoted swipe" against priests.

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Shots - Health Blog
7:08 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Romney's Health Care Prescription Gives Some Conservatives Heartburn

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Mitt Romney (right), at the time the governor of Massachusetts, greets then-Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt during a National Governors Association forum in February 2006. Romney reportedly has tapped Leavitt to head his presidential transition team.
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Originally published on Wed June 6, 2012 8:33 am

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney insists that when it comes to health care, his first priority is the full repeal of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

But some of his actions of the past few days have conservatives scratching their heads.

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Kitchen Window
6:58 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Trifle: A Grand Dessert With A Humble Name

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The first time I can remember eating trifle was after a birthday meal in college. My good friend Russell Cook, a Richmond-based chef who also happens to be a fellow trifle fan, sent me home from his restaurant bearing a take-out tin layered with cake, strawberries, custard and whipped cream. I sat on my bed in the wee hours eating every bit of it. It was just about the most decadent ending to a birthday night that I could imagine.

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Recipes
6:54 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Tropical Rum Trifle

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Traditionalists might scoff at this version of trifle, adapted from Southern Living (April 2003), but this was one of my family's favorites. Irish-born chef Cathal Armstrong doesn't have a problem with his childhood dessert getting an exotic makeover, saying this combination is now one of his favorite ways to make it at home. "Usually I do tropical fruits, things not necessarily available when we were kids," he says. "I like pineapple, mango. Strawberry is always going to be high on the list." Note that custard must be chilled for 1 hour before assembling trifle.

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Recipes
6:54 pm
Tue June 5, 2012

Chocolate Cherry Trifle

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The original of this Nigella Lawson recipe, from her cookbook Feast (Hyperion 2004), yielded enough to feed 16. This is adapted for a smaller crowd, while upping the custard ratio and swapping devil's food cake for chocolate pound cake. The result is a stunning Black Forest twist on the classic. Note, this is an overnight preparation.

Makes 8 servings

12 ounces purchased or made-from-a-box devil's food cake

1/4 cup black cherry jam

1/4 cup cherry brandy

1 cup jarred sour cherries, drained

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