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Monday, March 18, 2013

Music From The Show

The Baldwin Brothers, “Air Is Invisible”
Steve Earle, “Pocket Full of Rain”
Bonobo, “Days To Come”
Beach House, “Myth”
Cat Power, “Ruin”
Kurt Rosenwinkel, “Minor Blues”
E.S.T., “Eighthundred Streets by Feet”
Miles Davis, “Pinocchio”
The O’Neill Brothers, “Canon in F”

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Morehouse College President Talks Controversies, Challenges
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
Jails Become De Facto Psychiatric Wards
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
"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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