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NPR People: Linton Weeks

Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News.

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Get Ready For The First Robot President Wednesday, 05/23/12 2:48pm Whoever wins in November may go down in history as the First Robot President. Not because people have found Barack Obama and Mitt Romney robot-like on occasion (although they have). But because the next occupant of the White House will face a growing influx and influence of robots in our everyday lives.
A Fleeting Memory Of Carlos Fuentes Wednesday, 05/16/12 4:43pm The Mexican literary legend's passing this week spurred a particular recollection from NPR's Linton Weeks, who spent time with him in 1995.
5 (Plus 1) Options For The Aging Politician Wednesday, 05/23/12 10:49am If the latest polls hold, Richard Lugar, R-Ind., may be headed out of the U.S. Senate after Tuesday's primary in Indiana. But don't worry too much about the 80-year-old Lugar. There are plenty of post-politics options for a former lawmaker. Even for an octogenarian.
Alcoholidays In America: ¡Viva El Tequila Julep! Friday, 05/04/12 10:20pm The way holidays stack up in this country, an outsider might be forgiven for thinking the United States seems like a party monster lurching from beer blast to beer blast. And this Saturday presents an unholy marriage on the same day: Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby. Call it Drinko de Mayo.
Are Obama And Romney The Same Guy? Monday, 05/07/12 6:34pm Here's something you won't hear from the rival campaigns of President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney: Despite their obvious differences, they actually have a lot in common. A dozen things, at least. Here's a list.
The Funniest Presidents In History? Tuesday, 05/01/12 4:08pm In the aftermath of President Obama's teleprompted humor routine at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner, the question came up: Who were the funniest presidents in history? Ironically, those who governed through some of the nation's most difficult times made one author's list.
What We Have Here: A Failure To Communicate Friday, 04/27/12 7:45am Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Skype, mobile phones, chat, instant messages and countless other tech advances, we're more connected than ever — theoretically, at least. But all too often, being totally wired leaves us oddly disconnected.
The 2080 Census: The World As We (Don't) Know It Sunday, 04/15/12 6:06am Imagine how cool would it be if, by some twist of time, the National Archives were to make available detailed census information from the future. Will we have melded with our machines, as one futurist predicts? Join us on a short (round)trip to 2080.
Obama Is The Best And The Worst President. Discuss Friday, 04/06/12 8:10pm Could it be that President Obama is at once the best and the worst president? Is it perhaps possible that because the world is such a complicated mass of contradictions, we — as a nation — are forced to balance two completely opposing notions of a president at once?
The 1940 Census: 72-Year-Old Secrets Revealed Monday, 04/02/12 8:25am On Monday, the National Archives will release a mother lode of previously unavailable data from the 1940 census. The mass of retro information is like a time capsule, dug up from yesterday, that will offer a sharp look at how much — or how little — America has changed in the past 72 years.

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