We open the Here & Now letter bag and get some of your thoughts about our recent conversation on military sexual assaults. Listeners also had accolades for violist Kim Kashkashian.
Some listeners may have missed part of our show Wednesday, when we switched to covering the election of Pope Francis. Here are those stories:
A professor from Howard University has some advice on what African American high school graduates need to hear when they receive diplomas over the next few weeks.
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What if you could replace styrofoam with something that biodegrades and doesn’t contain petroleum? That’s what one start-up is trying to do — with mushrooms.
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Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.
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