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Thursday, March 15, 2012 | 11:00 AM
Howling wolf. (numbphoto/Flickr)

Nature speaks. We’ll hear a symphony of natural sound. Growls and gurgles, wind and water, wolf and jaguar, glaciers on the move.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | 11:00 AM
Gospel-soul singer James Brown sings "Living in America" during his three-hour concert at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, Ca., on June 10, 1991. (AP)

A new look at the music and mission of the Godfather of Soul–James Brown.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012 | 11:00 AM
The band Galactic on stage. (galacticflickr/Flickr)

New Orleans funk sensation Galactic brings the sound of Brazil to the Big Easy. We’ll listen.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | 11:00 AM
U.S. composer Philip Glass listens during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP)

The remarkable composer Philip Glass joins us. We’ll listen from “Einstein on the Beach” to his latest “Symphony No. 9.”

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Friday, February 24, 2012 | 11:00 AM
Anais Mitchell (anaismitchell.com)

Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell -– her new album: Young Man in America.

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Wednesday, December 31, 1969 | 11:00 AM

Kevin Olusola went on to riff with his voice and pizzicato – the string-plucking technique – and to throw down this beatboxed version of the All Things Considered theme song.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | 11:00 AM
Kevin Olusola (YouTube)

A young music prodigy fuses cello and beat-boxing to create a new art form. We’ll talk with the amazing Kevin Olusola.

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Friday, February 3, 2012 | 11:00 AM
A screen capture of Don Cornelius on the show Soul Train (YouTube)

We’ll remember the soul of Soul Train.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012 | 11:00 AM
In this April 2, 2009, file photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, veteran American bass James Morris as Wotan stands over Swedish soprano Irene Theorin as Bruennhilde during the final scene of Richard Wagner's "Die Walkuere" during the final dress rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP)

The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad.

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Friday, January 6, 2012 | 11:00 AM
Vocalist Aretha Franklin warbles a few notes into microphone in Jan. 28, 1972 photo. (AP)

When Aretha went back to gospel. “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and her epic 1972 album, “Amazing Grace.”

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May 23, 2013
In this 2010 photo, a sign announcing the acceptance of electronic Benefit Transfer cards is seen at a farmers market in Roseville, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

Congress says food stamps are costing the country too much and debating big cuts. One in every seven Americans is using them to eat. What’s going on?

May 23, 2013
In this 2011 photo, U.S. Navy sailors participate in intense 10-minute workout intervals. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael K. McNabb/U.S. Navy)

Rock-hard bodies in a fraction of the time. We’ll look at the 7-minute workout and the promises of high-intensity exercise.

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May 22, 2013
A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

After Oklahoma’s giant twister, does Tornado Alley need to change the way it builds and lives in the age of superstorms?

 
May 22, 2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations hearing. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Apple in the hot seat. Lawmakers say the company dodged billions in taxes on overseas profits. We’ll look at the world of off shore tax escapes.

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Is American Coming Undone?
Thursday, May 23, 2013

New York writer George Packer says yes. He reflected on the nation’s core institutions failing the American people.

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WIRED’s Bill Wasik On The Henry Fords Of Today
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

He talked about how Google and Tesla are paving the way of innovation and how technological development is related not only to creativity but to environmental responsibility.

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Switching Shows For Our Second Hour Today
Friday, May 17, 2013

Adventures in live radio. Richard Snow, our guest for our show on Henry Ford, was held up — possibly by a faulty Model T? — so we’re running a terrific archive show on great quotations.

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