Search results for

Scott speaks with Jim Nayder, host of the radio feature The Annoying Music Show, about music for weddings.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with host Jacki Lyden about Vice President Al Gore's recent visit to Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's estate. Gore, a long-time crusader for a clean environment, spent time at the author's estate, and said her book helped to get him interested in environmentalism.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with New York Times Magazine reporter Benjamin Weiser. One of his recent articles gives a detailed account of one man's harrowing journey. Diagnosed schizophrenic Kerry Sanders was falsely imprisoned for two years, a sentence that should have been served by Robert Sanders, a fugitive with a long criminal history.

Host Jacki Lyden opens up our mailbag, and reads some of our listeners' letters.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks Tom Santaniello, who at 17, is the youngest delegate attending the Democratic Convention. Santaniello has been involved in politics in his home state of South Carolina since he was an 8th grader, just four years ago. As a class assignment, he had to write to someone famous he admired. While others wrote to sports heroes, he wrote to Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC). Since then, he's been volunteering on campaigns, and has attended state party conventions.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jakarta, Indonesia, that former President Suharto is set to go on trial on charges of corruption. The 79-year-old Suharto is accused of amassing a fortune, along with his family, during his more than 30 years in power. But proving the case against the aging general won't be easy as much of his wealth has been disguised or transferred overseas. Lawyers for Suharto say he is too ill to be put on trial. The case has divided Indonesia as the country remains enmeshed in economic and political instability.

Linda talks with Josh King, vice president of SpeakOut.com, about the Website's instant polling to gauge reaction to speeches at the Democratic National Convention. People who are watching and listening to the convention, can give their reactions to the major speeches, by logging on to their Website. They see something like an odometer on their screen, and as someone like Joe Lieberman is speaking, they move the mouse across a scale from 1 to 100, with 50 being neutral. This way, he says, we can get a RANDOM, but interesting perspective on how a speech and its presentation moved people who heard it. (5:45) The interent address is http://speakout.com/

NPR's Barbara Bradley covers wire reports that Independent Counsel Robert Ray has convened a new grand jury to hear evidence about the sex scandal involving President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Ray is concerned with whether the president committed perjury in his testimony about the matter. The White House is questioning the timing of the the news leaks about this new grand jury, which was reportedly seated in July, as they come on the same day Vice President Al Gore is to address the Democratic Convention.

Co-host Madeline Brand talks with Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Joe Lieberman.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on yesterday's federal ruling which re-enforces copyright law on the internet. The decision prohibits journalist Eric Corley from distributing the DeCSS computer program on his website. The program allows users to copy DVDs.