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2012 Olympics mascots revealed to mixed reviews

Arts, Culture & Media

The 2012 Olympics mascots were unveiled earlier this week in London. Their appeal is not yet widespread, but could they actually grow on us over the next two years? John Ryan, animation director for Dagnabit in Atlanta has some insight.

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World Trade Summit: Consumer Power

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A Scourge of Starlings

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Colorado Energy Tax

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Coral Spawning

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Oregon Property Rights

In 2000, Oregon voters passed Measure 7 which some have called the most radical private property rights initiative in the United States. The measure states that government actions that reduce property values deserve full compensation. The measure has been tied up in a lawsuit. But as John Ryan reports, if the Oregon Supreme Court upholds […]

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Blowin’ in the Wind

Last year, Texas erected more wind turbines than have ever been installed in the entire U.S. in one year. John Ryan takes a look at why wind power has expanded so dramatically in the Lone Star state.

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Wae Rebo

Producer John Ryan takes us to the tiny Indonesian village of Wae Rebo, (WHY-ri-BO) and tells us what it’s like to be in a place few westerners have ever seen.

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Coral Spawning

John Ryan sent us a reporters’ notebook entry after watching coral have sex in the reefs off the coast of Indonesia.

Coral Reefs

Coral reefs have long been in trouble, but the challenges they face are changing. Host Steve Curwood talks with reporter John Ryan, who was in Bali, Indonesia for the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium.