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Friday, November 23, 2012

Music From The Show

Vitamin String Quartet, “Money”
Bill Evans, “Gloria’s Step”
U.S. Army Band, “Eternal Father Strong To Save”
Kanye West, “Heard ‘Em Say”
The Wee Trio, “Shepherd”
Drive By Truckers, “Tornados”
Steve Earle, “Halo Round the Moon”
John Williams, “Suite” (from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”)
W.G. Snuffy Walden, “My So Called Life”

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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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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
‘Here & Now’ Interview Inspires Hit Country Song
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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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