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Tuesday, January 20 2015

  • Come Chat With Us: State of the Union 2015 January 20, 2015

    Join Brian Lehrer and special guests for a live chat as we watch Obama&rsquo;s sixth State of the Union. Plus: Bingo! (article)

  • The State of the Union, When Obama's Popularity Was at Its Peak January 20, 2015

    Our preview of President Obama's first State of the Union speech in 2009 pointed out something familiar&mdash;then, like today, the president was more popular than his economic policies.&nbsp; (article)

  • The Limits Of: Free Speech; #SOTU2015; This Planet January 20, 2015

    The State of the Union is tonight. Plus: one man looks for his childhood&nbsp;bully; last year was the planet's hottest on record; how the US and France defend free speech differently.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Here Come Obama's Last Two Years January 20, 2015

      President Obama will&nbsp;deliver his State of the Union address at 9 PM to a Republican-controlled Congress in Washington. What should we expect to hear?

    • Forget That 2014 Was the Warmest Year on Record January 20, 2015

      What really matters, says Andy Revkin of the New York Times, is that&nbsp;19 of the warmest years have been in last 20 years.&nbsp;He parses the science behind this data.

    • When Totally Free Speech Isn't Actually That Free January 20, 2015

      Even as French leaders have spoken out in defense of free speech and in support of the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo,&nbsp;a French comic has been arrested for hate speech.&nbsp;

    • What Became of My Bully? January 20, 2015

      The author Allen Kurzweil spent 40 years searching for a bully who terrorized him when he was ten years old. In his new book, he describes what happened when he finally found him.

    • How Vision Zero Changed Your Intersection January 20, 2015

      The city has redesigned 50 dangerous streets and intersections in the last year as part of the Vision Zero program. We check in on how they changed and the program's first year.