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ArchivesNH Vets Gripe About Traveling to Boston for some VA Healthcare, but Vets Elsewhere Travel Greater DistancesBy David Darman on Thursday, June 26, 2008.New Hampshire politicians have joined veterans to push for the VA Medical Center in Manchester to be a full service hospital. They delivered that message to The Secretary of the Veteran’s Administration earlier this week. They claim Granite State veterans are shortchanged when it comes to VA services. But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman reports, veterans across the country are frustrated by what they see as a lack of access to healthcare. listen:
  June 26th, 2008Today on Word of Mouth, we hear about synthetic diamonds that have all the sparkle but none of the socially-conscious guilt of real ones, an Atlantic Monthly editor zips through the top 11 (and a half) ideas that are shaping our culture, and we get the complexities of creating a low-carbon diet. Plus, new music from Sigur Rós and The Hold Steady. (Photo by Cayusa / Bart) listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
A Diamond Is For EveryoneBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, June 26, 2008.Diamonds have been symbols of wealth and power for millenia. But the 20th-century diamond industry has been tarnished with a stiff fine for price-fixing, and with conflict. Diamond wealth supported the rise of Hitler, South African apartheid, and rebel armies who killed and maimed thousands in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Congo.
The South-Africa based DeBeers launched their "A Diamond is Forever" slogan in 1948 and established the association between diamonds and love. The lab-grown diamond company Apollo Diamond’s slogan is "A Diamond is For Everyone" - clearly a shot across the bow. Ulrich Boser wrote about synthetic, or cultured, diamonds for Smithsonian Magazine, and he joins Word of Mouth to tell us how the natural diamond industry is fighting back. (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) listen:
11 (and a half) Big IdeasBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, June 26, 2008. Imagine the editorial meeting when the Atlantic Monthly staff starts to discuss its “Ideas” issue. All those brainiacs in one room, debating the ideas that helped shape the national conversation in the past year. This year’s list includes The Surge, My Space Politics, Not Bombing Iran and Renting. Deputy Editor Scott Stossel joins Word of Mouth to explain the top 11 (and a half) ideas that are shaping our culture. Click here to read the full list. (Photo by Cayusa / Bart) listen:
Sigur Rós, The Hold SteadyBy Virginia Prescott on Thursday, June 26, 2008.Word of Mouth music reviewer Bill Slammon joins us on Thursday to introduce us to two new records by bands with evolving sounds. New releases by Sigur Rós and The Hold Steady will mellow you out and then, subsequently, get you ready for a night of bar brawls and drunken dancing. Bill is a clinical psychologist at the Winchester School, and on Saturday mornings he introduces listeners to new music on WVEW Community Radio in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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