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Star Gazers #17-31 5 minute July 31 - August 6, 2017 “Maui's Fish Hook”

For some insight into the fighter pilot culture, Linda talks with Captain Rosemary Mariner, a retired Navy Captain Aviator. She was trained to fly planes like the fighter that collided with the US reconnaissance plane. Mariner is now a Research Fellow for the University of Tennessee, Center for the Study for War and Society.

Star Gazers #17-10 5 Minute March 6-12, 2017 “Two Dogs and One Really Big Cat”

The top movies of 2008 — and the larger cultural trends reflected in those films. Fresh Air movie critic David Edelstein talks with Terry Gross about his Ten Best List for 2008.

Cookbook author Diane Morgan says there's much more to a carrot than the orange part. But too often, she says, the root vegetable's frilly green fronds end up in the trash.

Hannah Beaudry, Director of Institutional Partnerships at the NEPA Philharmonic,speaking about the orchestra's first Battle of the Bands, inviting bands of any genre tocompete for a chance to win $5000 in cash and an opportunity to perform with theNEPA Philharmonic in the 2026-2027 season. There will be a panel of judges, including Music Director/Conductor Melisse Brunet. The deadline to apply is October 11, 2025. The finalists will be announced on November 7, and those 15 will perform on January 31, 2026 at Mohegan PA. For information: www.nepaphil.org/

Zadie learns that when you take ideas from everyone, you can have much more fun.

Colombians went to the polls Sunday to vote for their next president. The lead vote-getter was former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos, who's viewed as the political heir of the current president. But he failed to get the majority needed to prevent a runoff with Antanas Mockus -- an academic turned two-term mayor of Bogota.

Not paying someone for a job they did is illegal. It's called wage theft. But in California, the worst offender has paid only a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars in wages he owes workers.

Star Gazers #2020 - 01 1 Minute Jan 6-12, 2020 “North Star Orienteering Part: 1”