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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Music From The Show

Radiohead, “House of Cards”
Steve Earle, “Halo Round the Moon”
MIA, “Paper Airplanes”
Instrumental Asylum, “Music for Salmon”
Avishai Cohen, “Smash”
The Lickets, “Serial East”
Booka and the Flaming Geckos, “Western Sunrise”
Lupe Fiasco, “Hip Hop Saved My Life”
Horace Silver, “Song for My Father”

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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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