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Adventures in Genetic Testing
Last year, after making a deal with her mom, Weekend America's Neille Ilel got tested for the "breast cancer gene." If a woman has a mutation on BRCA1 or BRCA2, she's almost guaranteed to develop breast cancer over her lifetime and is at a highly increased risk for ovarian cancer. But knowing about the gene doesn't necessarily mean there are any easy ways to prevent the disease. Ilel tells us what it's like to get tested for something you can't really change.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. This week we talk with Sherman Alexie, the author of a new novel called "Flight," Amy Hungerford, a Yale literature professor, and Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor at New Yorker magazine.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in: This week we talk with former Simpsons writer, Dana Gould, Nancy French, the author of "A Red State of Mind," and Rabbi Debra Kassoff.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in this week is former "Simpsons" writer Dana Gould; Peter Krause, who played Nate Fisher on "Six Feet Under;" and Yale University English professor Amy Hungerford.
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To Be a Socialist in America
A week from Sunday is the French where the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy is running against socialist Segolene Royal. And it's often said that "conservative" in France would probably considered liberal here in the U.S. Weekend America's John Moe wondered why high-profile socialist presidential candidates are so common in Europe, while he couldn't name one American off the top of his head.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in is John Ridley, author of "The American Way," Harvard graduate student Fatina Abdrabboh and Yale University English professor Amy Hungerford.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in is writer John Ridley, he's the author of "The American Way," writer Henry Alford, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Cathy Sorbo.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in is writer Cora Daniels, author of "Ghetto Nation," Hollywood writer Dana Gould, and writer, actor and comedian Larry Miller.
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From the Theater of War to the Theater of Plays
Can you picture Brad Pitt going off to fight in Iraq? It might not have been so strange 50 years ago. Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, and James Doohan all fought for the U.S. armed forces during World War II. Nowadays we don't come across too many people who've spent time acting as well as serving in the military. But VetStage, a new theater company in Los Angeles, is trying to change that. "Weekend America's" Krissy Clark spent time with the group while they rehearsed for their first performance, "The Wolf."
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in is John Ridley, author of "The American Way," Hollywood writer, Dana Gould and Yale literature professor Amy Hungerford.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in are writers John Moe, Henry Alford, and Nancy French.
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in are writers John Ridley, Nancy French, and Henry Alford.
