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  • Mel Gonzales' roof was destroyed by Hurricane Ike

    The Politics of Hurricanes

    Saturday Nov. 15, 2008

    The hurricane shelters on Galveston Island closed this week. People have been living in Galveston in tents after Hurricane Ike hit on September 13. But the island is still in ruins, and many people are in hotel rooms or crashing with friends. Reporter Michael May went to the heart of the disaster bureaucracy in Austin to find out how things have gone in Ike's wake.

  • Rock Steady Boxing

    Mary Yeman works out at Rock Steady Gym

    This weekend, there's some heavy action at the Rock Steady Gym in Indianapolis. A lot of folks are punching bags and flinging left jabs and right hooks. The difference is that folks in these weekend classes have Parkinson's Disease, a neurological disorder that about 1.5 million people in the U.S. Reporter Colleen Iudice recently met the founder of Rock Steady and tells us his story.

  • Inside the G-20

    A discussion after the 2008 G-20 Finance Meeting.

    Leaders of the world from 20 countries are gathering this weekend in Washington, D.C., to talk about the global financial crisis. So what are they doing behind closed doors? Weekend America host John Moe speaks with former International Monetary Fund economist and current Harvard professor Ken Rogoff to find out what really goes on at an economic summit.

  • First Weekend Home

    First Weekend Home: After the Coma

    Justin Logan in rehab with his son Michael

    Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability for children and young adults, commonly caused by car accidents. That's how high school student Justin Logan wound up in the hospital a few months ago. Reporter Tori Marlan followed Justin out of rehab and through his first weekend home in his mother's care.

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  • Post-Election Mix Tape

    Post-Election Mix Tape

    At the precise instant when your candidate won or lost, what was going through your head? Emotions ran high from every side of the political spectrum, and sometimes those emotions are best expressed through song. We reached out to some friends of the show to find out what songs best describe their post-election mood.

  • Prop 8 Revisited

    Prop 8 Revisited

    "Hope" has been buzzword for many voters around the country. But not for gay and lesbian couples in California, where the electorate passed ballot Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage.

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  • First Weekend Home

    As part of our First Weekend Home series, we've followed soldiers back from Iraq and immigrants being introduced to their new home. And we want to hear your stories, perhaps you're heading home after a long time away, or maybe a family member is finally coming back. What's the first thing you want to do when you get back home?

    Let us know.

  • Stories of Home

    For Thanksgiving weekend, we’re looking for your surprising and meaningful stories about home. How far have you gone to to buy, sell or hang onto a home? What are your favorite memories of the place you call home?

    Share your stories!

  • Does your town need fixing up?

    In Minnesota, traffic is flowing again on a new 35W bridge. Not mindboggling news, except when you know it replaced one that collapsed a little more than a year ago. Bridges in America are rusting. Roads are going unrepaired. We want your stories about how aging infrastructure is reshaping your life. What's gone unfixed in your town? How's it changed your community?

    Let us know.

More Stories from this Week's Show

  • The Legend of Beatle Bob

    Beatle Bob

    This weekend music fans in St. Louis will have a variety of concert options to choose from. Odds are, Beatle Bob will be at one of the shows going on. If you're not from St. Louis, you probably don't know Beatle Bob. If you are from St. Louis, and you still don't know him, it probably means you're not getting out much. Beatle Bob, also known as Bob Matonis, has been to a concert every night for the last 11 years.

  • Conversations with America: Treasure Williams

    Treasure Williams

    We're continuing our series "Conversations with America" with a look at transition - a time of both uncertainty and anticipation. Treasure Williams is a poet and performer based in Memphis. She also teaches at Rust College, an historically black liberal arts college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. For her, the implications of Barack Obama's election are just starting to sink in.

  • So Long, Phoenix

    Phoenix at twilight

    We let go of a little part of our civilization this week. The Phoenix Mars Lander - the thing that found water on our neighboring red planet, stopped sending messages back to Earth. In technical terms, it died. Producer Ochen Kaylan had a rough time with Phoenix's death this week, so he decided to write it a letter.

  • Kids and Stress

    Sam Grocholski was adopted from Romania

    Children who spent their early years in orphanages offer researchers a unique opportunity to see how chronic adversity primes the brain's stress response system. New research comparing adoptees to children raised in biological families or adopted early from foster care gives some surprising results.

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