http://kunc.org en http://kunc.org/post/will-america-need-boots-ground-syria Middle East analyst Andrew Tabler talks to Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin about the U.S.'s decision this week to arm the Syrian rebels. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:38:00 +0000 45876 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/police-clear-protesters-istanbul-park Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>The political standoff in Turkey is intensifying. Riot police there are firing teargas to prevent anti-government protesters from massing in Istanbul's Taksim Square. There were clashes with demonstrators through much of last night. Security forces sealed off the square and the adjacent Gezi Park, parts of the city that have been the focus of the protests over the last 19 days. Now, authorities say the park is off-limits to the public but many protestors say the crackdown has only strengthened their determination to return. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:38:00 +0000 Peter Kenyon 45877 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/lebanon-feels-pain-syrian-war-spillover Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin talks to Michael Young, the opinion page editor of the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, about the spillover of Syria's conflict into Lebanon. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:38:00 +0000 45878 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/colorado-springs-learns-live-fire Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>Colorado is often the site of devastating forest fires, but the city of Colorado Springs has been hit particularly hard as of late. In the span of just one year, more than 800 homes have been destroyed from wildfires in and around the city. This time last year, it was the Waldo Canyon fire, and now it's the Black Forest fire. NPR's Kirk Siegler spent the week in Colorado Springs and sent this report.<p>KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: For the second year in a row, the Colorado Springs area has been beset by large, destructive wildfires. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:38:00 +0000 Kirk Siegler 45880 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/tragedy-pina-colada Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>There are a lot of things that get a bad rap and then will never shake said bad rap no matter what: canned beanie-weanies come to mind, for example. They're never going to be thought of as high cuisine, let's face it. The song "Escape" by Rupert Holmes - though it has a kicking chorus - probably will not become a better song with time.<p>(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ESCAPE")<p>RUPERT HOLMES: (Singing) If you like pina colada, getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:38:00 +0000 45881 at http://kunc.org