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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old songs about driving trucks frequently center on the power of trucks and the long drives. More recent ones also focus on the relationships conne...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
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NPR's Ron Elving makes a special visit to the Political Junkie to assess the presidential campaign, the media coverage and how much he misses worki...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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The first presidential debate is in the books. Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post offers a complete analysis of the debate's high and low moments...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Interviews with Actor and Producer Philip Galinsky and Author Rosemary A. Johns. Also music by Arielle Philips

  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:46
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Losing one’s way somehow in life is a frequent topic in bluegrass songs. But how this topic is handled differs from period to period. We listen to ...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
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With the first presidential debate just days away -- and anticipation growing -- we hear from communications specialist Ruth Sherman as to what Hil...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sweet 16. It should be joyous to be sweet 16. But in bluegrass, it can be not-so-sweet 16. We play a few examples, and then an old and frivolous so...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Clarence Boone and Leila Randle hear about the newly launched Progressive Thought Matters organization from leader Robin Winston. The organization...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:19
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The blues plays a large role in the bluegrass style. There are many ways to use the blues, from the blues tonality to creating song segments that r...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
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Bob Schieffer, the former host of CBS' Face the Nation, talks about how he prepared for his role as moderator in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 debates.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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A 14:30 sampler of comments and music from an upcoming public radio special on the legendary soul singer Otis Redding. Commentators in this previe...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 14:27
  • Purchases: 1
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John Dickerson, the host of "Face the Nation," has a new book that is filled with his favorite political moments in history.  He brings many of the...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Bluegrass Review opens with a couple of songs instructing on the dangers of forgetting where one comes from. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass, we ...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Last month, Hillary Clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major party in history. Debbie Walsh of the Center for American Wome...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Republicans who fear that controversial comments made by Donald Trump will benefit his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, are now concerned that...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After some great current bluegrass by the Trinity River Band, we play a few bluegrass songs where the departed have not completely departed. The Ge...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
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The conventions are over but the words linger on. What to make of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's acceptance speeches? Jennifer Mercieca of Texa...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today’s show we continue playing some excellent recent bluegrass. We have new work to play by fiddle virtuoso Mark O’Connor. As usual, we presen...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
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We hear from Judy Goldsmith who, as chair of the National Organization for Women in 1984, wept with joy as Geraldine Ferraro accepted the nominatio...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution talks about the drama and frustration at the 1952 Republican convention. The GOP was tired of losing, and...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out with new bluegrass, then proceed to play two related songs, one old and one new, but both grim: They reference short lives of trouble....

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
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Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation talks about Ronald Reagan -- his valiant but unsuccessful effort at the 1976 convention in Kansas City, and ...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
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Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Shortly after the show opens, we play songs related to various types of towns. Later, we feature Frank Wakefield on the Gem of Bluegrass. Frank is ...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
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The odds of a third-party candidate becoming president are slim, but polls have given Libertarian Gary Johnson some hope of making a difference. He...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Dane Waters, co-founder of the group "Delegates Unbound" is trying to change the rules at the GOP convention to allow the delegates to decide which...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 3