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Brooke Gladstone, host of WNYC's On The Media, discusses the media coverage during the convention.

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Musician Steve Earle gives his impressions of the convention from a singer/songwriter's perspective. Catch Steve Earle next month performing at Judson Memorial Church in New York, September 22nd through 26th.

The official Steve Earle website

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WNYC's Bob Hennelly and Andrea Bernstein react to Barack Obama's speech last night.

Ross Douthat’s Blog

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Dr. Paul Ekman, director of the Paul Ekman Group, explains how to interpret micro-expressions to better understand emotions and distinguish truth from lies.

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Humorist and blogger Mo Rocca talks about his experiences at the Democratic National Convention and shares his thoughts about Barack Obama's speech.

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Patrick Forgey, state government reporter for the Juneau Empire, on the announcement that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is Senator McCain's choice for vice president.

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Barack Obama's Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Susan Rice, discusses Senator Obama's approach to the war on terror.

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Meet the Delegates: Tennessee's Sydney Chism

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Convention time means party time. Nancy Watzman heads up the Party Time project of the Sunlight Foundation. She dishes the details about the premiere Democratic fetes.

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Meet the Delegates: Guam's Taling M. Taitano and Derick B. Hills

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Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich talks about his rousing speech on Tuesday and about his experience at the convention.

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Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor and Columnist for Newsweek Magazine and analyst for MSNBC, discusses John McCain's potential VP picks.

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Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, reporter with Feet in Two Worlds and Polish Daily News, talks about the role of the ethnic press at the convention.

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Open Phones: What do you want to hear from Obama tonight?

WNYC Political Director, Andrea Bernstein, and Professor Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University, author of The Agitator's Daughter, react to last night’s speeches, including one by Senator Hillary Clinton.

Listen to the full speeches

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New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-4) on her experience at the convention as part of the New York delegation.

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The View From the Ethnic Press: Pilar Marrero, reporter and columnist for the La Opinión, and a reporter with Feet in Two Worlds, a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, talks about covering the convention.

Susan Faludi, author of The Terror Dream: Myth and Misogyny in an Insecure America, talks about why she thinks Barack Obama versus John McCain has the makings of an epic American gender showdown.

Read Susan Faludi's New York Times op-ed piece, Second-Place Citizens.

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Meet the Delegates: Ohio's Gail Horwitz

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Humorist and blogger Mo Rocca talks about his experiences at the Democratic National Convention and shares his thoughts about Hillary's speech.

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Dr. Peniel Joseph, associate professor of African American Studies and History at Brandeis University and author of Waiting' Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (Owl Books, 2007), talks about how Barack Obama fits into Black Power history.

Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr., professor of Religion and African American studies at Princeton University, reacts to Michelle Obama's opening night speech.

Listen to the speeches from last night.

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Karen Ackerman, political director of the AFL-CIO, discusses organized labor issues and the Democratic party.

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Meet the Delegates: Virginia's Grindley Johnson

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The View From the Ethnic Press: Aswini Anburajan, a reporter with Feet in Two Worlds , a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, talks about the Democratic National Convention.