* Obama’s new plan for Afghanistan
* Remembering the fallen in Europe and the U.S.
* After the fall: the Czech Republic’s fading history
* Ancient art: turning trees into treasure in Morocco
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This month’s IN THE LIFE features the vulnerable in our society: children, queer teens at-risk, and the dying. In this episode: The fight to combat suicide among LGBT youth; Randi Weingarten and Alan Van Capelle talk about Labor, Education and Pride; and Freeheld, a Real to Reel about survivor’s benefits for LGBT partners. Watch.
* China unveils massive economic stimulus plan
* U.S. classified military missions revealed
* After the fall: Hungary reluctant to give up its past
* Mourning South African Singer/Stateswoman Miriam Makeba
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The Antiques Roadshow crew visits Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where people brought in some outstanding finds, including a 1952 Fender Esquire Guitar. Watch the appraisals. (Originally aired: 10/29/2007).
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Jeff Zeleny (NYTimes), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), John Dickerson (Slate), Jim Barnes (National Journal), and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Obama Plans First Actions as President
* Future Tax Policies Come Into Question
* Cabinet Officials Soon to Be Decided
Watch here. (Originally aired 11/7/2008)
Religion played a significant role throughout the long election campaign and here to help assess that role is R&E. In some of the Midwestern swing states that were decided by just a handful of votes, Obama came close to getting 30 percent of the white evangelical vote. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).
This week on Reel 13:
* Stand Up: A struggling comic learns that experience leads to great comedy.
* Marty Learns To Drive: the only way to survive the wilds of suburbia.
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Does Barack Obama’s victory mean a new and permanent political alignment in American politics? Bill Moyers speaks with Kevin Phillips about how America has changed since Phillips penned “The Emerging Republican Majority” 40 years ago. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).
In this one-hour dialogue with New Yorkers hosted by Rafael Pi Roman, the Governor addresses the state’s worst financial crisis in decades. Questions were submitted via Thirteen.org and in person, and encompass a wide range of topics, including cuts in education programs, property taxes, healthcare coverage, and support for small businesses.
Terkel passed away recently, and it prompted us to unearth one of his more unusual segments from the archives. ‘Talkin’ With Terkel’ has Terkel sitting around jawing with a passel of regular folks–sitting, smoking, drinking. It’s a good example of Terkel’s hyper interview techniques. From 1971, the first season of Great American Dream Machine.
