1:00am

Tue February 21, 2012
NPR Story

Pediatricians: More Patients Want To Change Their Gender

The March issue of the medical journal Pediatrics features an editorial looking at gender identity disorder in children. Pediatricians apparently are seeing more young patients who express an interest in changing their gender.

1:00am

Tue February 21, 2012
NPR Story

Production Company Bets Bad Movies Are Good For Business

There area a lot of bad movies out there. Some movies are so bad that they're good. For some reason people love them. Is there an art to making films that are deliberately bad? Can a company be successful by producing bad movies?

1:00am

Tue February 21, 2012
NPR Story

Nature Has A Good Beat, But Can You Dance To It?

Rhythm in music is about timing — when notes start and stop. And now scientists say they've found a curious pattern that's common to musical rhythm. It's a pattern also found in nature.

12:44am

Tue February 21, 2012
Newt Gingrich

Georgia On His Mind, Gingrich Faces Key Primary

Credit Evan Vucci / AP

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is facing his most important challenge yet — winning Georgia on Super Tuesday. Georgia is considered Gingrich's home because he represented parts of the state in Congress for 20 years, but he hasn't lived there for more than a decade.

Over the weekend, Gingrich held several rallies, including one in Peachtree City, south of Atlanta, where he stressed that this area has long supported him.

"It is great to be home," Gingrich told the crowd. "I believe that I carried Fayette County in every single election, including the two that I lost."

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12:00am

Tue February 21, 2012
Health, Science, Environment

Today on Your Call: How safe is imported food?

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about food safety. Fifteen percent of all food in the US is imported, but only one percent of that food is inspected. Over 80 percent of fish and 45 percent of the fresh fruit consumed comes from another country. Why is so little food inspected? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does food safety mean to you? Do you know where your food comes from? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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9:01pm

Mon February 20, 2012
Asia

Protests, Self-Immolation Signs Of A Desperate Tibet

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In a monastery on the Tibetan plateau, monks swathed in crimson robes chant under silk hangings, in a murky hall heavy with the smell of yak butter. Photos of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama — seen by China as a splittist — are openly displayed, as if in defiance. But Chinese security forces have tightened their grasp on this region, and monasteries appear to be emptying out, gripped by an atmosphere of fear and loss.

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9:01pm

Mon February 20, 2012
Election 2012

Romney Outspends GOP Field Combined In January

The financial battle for the Republican nomination is tightening. Candidates spent a lot of cash in January — what with contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. Also spending a lot of money, as it turns out, were the richly financed superPACS that support the candidates.

Reports filed at the Federal Election Commission on Monday night show just how important a superPAC can be.

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9:01pm

Mon February 20, 2012
Latin America

30 Mexican Inmates Escape During Deadly Riot

Originally published on Tue February 21, 2012 5:08 am

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Officials in Mexico are offering a reward of nearly $1 million for the capture of 30 inmates who broke out of a prison in the northern state of Nuevo Leon on Sunday.

The governor says the inmates staged a riot, during which 44 people died, to create a diversion for their escape.

It was a jail break that epitomized the Mexican drug war: Rival gang members brutally killed each other, corrupt public officials looked the other way, and dangerous criminals went free.

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5:00pm

Mon February 20, 2012
MY MIX TAPE

"On the Rocks" by Grieves

Rian Bogley says he heard this song by accident – and it really hit home for him.

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5:00pm

Mon February 20, 2012
Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents: February 20, 2012

Squeezebox Stories: the tale of one of the first global instruments.

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