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Monday, June 6, 2011

Music From The Show

Broken Social Scene, “Pacific Theme”
Radiohead, “Reckoner”
Freddie Hubbard, “Little Sunflower”
Peter Gabriel, “Digging in the Dirt”
Rolling Stones, “Beast of Burden”
Peter Dixon, “Nagog Woods”
Modest Mouse, “Sleepwalking”

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr. is president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. (Morehouse College)

President Obama delivers the commencement address this weekend at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college. The school’s president discusses recent controversies and challenges.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009. (Courtesy of Mac McClelland)

Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
"I Drive Your Truck" screenshot.

In 2011, a Nashville songwriter heard Alex Ashlock’s interview with Paul Monti, who lost his son in Afghanistan. It inspired her to write “I Drive Your Truck.”

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