The President Calling
2:00pm Sunday 11/9/2003
St. Paul, Minn.
Three of America's most compelling presidents – Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon – tapped their telephones, leaving behind a trove of secretly-made audio tapes, recording thousands of conversations, from momentous to mundane. American RadioWorks eavesdrops on presidential telephone calls to hear how each man used one-on-one politics to shape history.
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Whose Vote Counts?
4:00pm Sunday 11/9/2003
St. Paul, MN
In the last presidential election, as many as six million votes weren't counted because of antiquated voting machines and confusion at the polls. America pledged to overhaul its voting system, but are we ready for 2004? American RadioWorks and the Center for Investigative Reporting try to find out.
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September 30, 2003
Keeping It Clean
(Phoenix, AZ)
Arizona elected its most recent governor without the help of money from special interests. The Clean Campaign movement, working in a handful of states, instead pushed through legislation that encouraged public financing of campaigns and forced candidates to agree to raise the bulk of their money from citizens. Is this movement making politicians more responsive? Mark Moran reports on whether this effort is really cleaning up campaigns and how it's faring in other states.
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America is proud of its democratic values: accountable leaders, honest voting and a free press. But recently Americans have begun to ask Whose Democracy Is It? Join the debate with a week of special coverage on public radio stations and the Web.
