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Thursday February 16, 2006

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12:06Responsibilities of Public Media

What standards of ethics and integrity should public media uphold? And in our ever-changing media climate, what goals should NPR and PBS strive for? A conversation about the responsibilities and future of public media.

Guests

Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman, National Public Radio

Michael Getler, Ombudsman, PBS; formerly Ombudsman, The Washington Post

13:06Military Families on the Homefront

It's been said, when America goes to war, it is military families that pay the price. Kristin Henderson, a journalist, practicing Quaker and the wife of a naval chaplain, set out to document the effect of wartime on military marriages. She joins Kojo to share her observations.

Guests

Kristin Henderson, author of "While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront" (Houghton Mifflin)

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