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We bring you an episode of our latest podcast, “Anything for Selena”, where we look at the legacy of the queen herself — Selena Quinantilla. Her deep and lasting impact on Latinx identity, and American belonging.

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For part two of a two-part eTown re-airing, we’re joined by eTown veteran Aoife O’Donovan of the Grammy Award-winning band “I’m With Her.” Aoife returns to eTown for a very special performance with collaborator Jeremy Kittel, who co-produced and arranged Aoife’s Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs) EP. Aoife and Jeremy are also joined by a string quartet. Also with us for their visit is Latin and American roots band Che Apalache, featuring three powerhouse Latin American musicians – two from Argentina, Franco Martino (guitar), Martin Bobrik (mandolin), and Pau Barjau (banjo) from Mexico, as well as worldly frontman Joe Troop. Nick also sits down for a conversation with Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home. Bea initiated the zero-waste movement and shares her tips for living a more sustainable lifestyle.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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In this week’s two-part airing, we’re joined by eTown veteran Aoife O’Donovan of the Grammy Award-winning band “I’m With Her.” Aoife returns to eTown for a very special performance with collaborator Jeremy Kittel, who co-produced and arranged Aoife’s first new studio recording in four years. Aoife and Jeremy are also joined by members of a string quartet. Also with us for their visit is Latin and American roots band Che Apalache, featuring three powerhouse Latin American musicians – two from Argentina, Franco Martino (guitar), Martin Bobrik (mandolin), and Pau Barjau (banjo) from Mexico, as well as worldly front man Joe Troop. We’ll also hear an inspiring story from an individual who’s helping immigrants in Morristown, Tennessee by providing language and cultural education in addition to legal assistance.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Aoife O’Dononvan – Crich Gilligan)

This week, appropriately, we have an especially international eTown show, one in which the performances and conversations were all so strong that we’re presenting it in two parts. Irish-American singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan of the Grammy Award-winning band “I’m With Her” returns to eTown, sharing pieces from her latest collaboration with Jeremy Kittel, who co-produced and arranged Aoife’s first new studio recording in four years. With us for their first visit is the Latin American and North American, Grammy-nominated roots band Che Apalache, featuring band members from Argentina, Mexico, and North Carolina (home of band leader, Joe Troop). Plus, we’ll visit with KC Curberson-Alvarado. Her nonprofit effort began as a local festival to celebrate cultural diversity in central Tennessee, but when the infamous ICE raid happened in 2018, her group became more deeply involved, now providing legal assistance, language classes, and so much more.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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This week, appropriately, we have an especially international eTown show, one in which the performances and conversations were all so strong that we’re presenting it in two parts. Irish-American singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan of the Grammy Award-winning band “I’m With Her” returns to eTown, sharing pieces from her latest collaboration with Jeremy Kittel, who co-produced and arranged Aoife’s first new studio recording in four years. With us for their first visit is the Latin American and North American, Grammy-nominated roots band Che Apalache, featuring band members from Argentina, Mexico, and North Carolina (home of band leader, Joe Troop). Plus, we’ll visit with KC Curberson-Alvarado. Her nonprofit effort began as a local festival to celebrate cultural diversity in central Tennessee, but when the infamous ICE raid happened in 2018, her group became more deeply involved, now providing legal assistance, language classes, and so much more.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Courtesy of eTown)

On the next Morning Edition, the Trump administration says its "Remain in Mexico" policy limits the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. But critics say that it contributes to the separation of families. Also, the first female engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center shares her memories from the Apollo 11 launch control room on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo Credit: #NASA/Getty Images/via Facebook)

Recent mass shootings have accelerated calls for more "red flag" laws. But they're far more likely to be used in cases of threatened suicide. That story and more on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office [CC BY-SA 4.0])

Many cancer patients are having treatment delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some fear they'll get sicker as the health care system diverts to fight the virus. More on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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Scientists are working hard on better, cheaper batteries - ones that can store large amounts of renewable energy. Why that's key to slowing climate change on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

An NPR investigation finds low-income neighborhoods in dozens of major cities nationwide are hotter than their wealthier counterparts. And that can take a serious toll on health. That story on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: Baltimore's Franklin Square neighborhood is hotter than about two-thirds of the neighborhoods in the city. It's also in one of Baltimore's poorest areas - Ian Morton for NPR)

Most of the dairy cows in the US are descended from just two bulls. How scientists are trying to diversify the gene pool, plus the latest on the impeachment inquiry, this afternoon on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Dairy cow - Keith Weller/USDA [Public domain])

Attendance is booming at many national parks as Americans look to escape the confines of their homes during the pandemic. That's good for gateway communities that depend on tourism dollars, but it also has some visitors - and park employees - concerned about safety, on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

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(Photo: Yosemite National Park - GuyFrancis / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Some states have mandated active shooter drills at school. Not everyone believes that they're helpful for children, especially those with anxiety or developmental disorders. The value of active shooter drills at school, plus analysis of this week's impeachment hearings on All Things Considered.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

What is the definition of a cyber war? And is the U.S. already waging one with Russia, Iran and China? The vulnerabilities - and capabilities - of American cybersecurity on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Facebook users can ask friends for donations to a special cause for their birthday. It's good business for charities... but some users find it annoying. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Tests can now estimate a person's risk for Alzheimer's. Researchers are studying how people handle the information. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: Courtesy of the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health)

A fan-favorite show from 2012 featuring Arlo Guthrie & Boys Night Out, Paul Thorn, Michael Cerveris, and Delta Rae.

Mountain Stage with Larry Groce can be heard every Monday night at 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our free KRCB Mobile App for your iOS or Android device from the App Store & Google Play!

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Hailing from London, Arlo Parks has been building buzz with her songs “Hurt” and “Black Dog.” Her highly anticipated debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams was released in January. We discuss how Arlo’s journals shaped her songwriting process and how she became an ambassador for Calm - the “Campaign Against Living Miserably.” Plus she shares live performance. It’s Arlo Parks on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Arlo Parks - Phoebe Fox, via WXPN)

This week on Art of the Song, we explore the music and mission of FlipSyde. Mixing together rap, guitars, political awareness, and introspection, the Bay Area's Flipsyde utilize their diverse backgrounds to create ambitious, soul stirring music. MC Piper & I met during an 8 day course led by Anna Deavere Smith along with 30 other attendees explored the power of story to create connection and positive change.

Piper was born to an American mother, Brazilian father, and learned Portuguese growing up. Vocalist Steve Knight was born in Alabama and did a tour of duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. Guitarist Dave Lopez originally fled to the U.S. from Chile as a kid in search of a better life. In 2003 the guys found each other in Oakland Piper and Knight had been working on a song called "Someday." When Dave heard it he couldn’t resist grabbing his guitar and turning it into a jam, which turned into a band, which became Flipsyde.

Art of the Song can be heard Thursday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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This week on Art of the Song we explore the music and mission of FlipSyde. Mixing together rap, guitars, political awareness, and introspection, the Bay Area's Flipsyde utilize their diverse backgrounds to create ambitious, soul-stirring music. MC Piper & I met during an 8-day course led by Anna Deavere Smith along with 30 other attendees explored the power of story to create connection and positive change.

Piper was born to an American mother, Brazilian father, and learned Portuguese growing up. Vocalist Steve Knight was born in Alabama and did a tour of duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. Guitarist Dave Lopez originally fled to the U.S. from Chile as a kid in search of a better life. In 2003 the guys found each other in Oakland Piper and Knight had been working on a song called "Someday." When Dave heard it he couldn’t resist grabbing his guitar and turning it into a jam, which turned into a band, which became Flipsyde.

Art of the Song can be heard Thursday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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This week, we’ll preview our November featured artists, Bonnie Raitt and Shawn Colvin. 

Strange Currency can be heard Fridays at 8:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Bonnie Raitt - David Gans [CC BY-SA 2.0])

With more people speaking out against racial injustice in the United States, some cities and towns have removed Confederate statues. But what about monuments honoring some of America's founding fathers? We question a descendant of Thomas Jefferson about the former president's complicated legacy on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Thomas Jefferson Memorial statue - Brianlokelly / CC BY-SA 4.0)

An NPR team has been tracking prices at one Walmart in Georgia for more than year. We hear what they found on Monday's Morning edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Venezuela has reopened its main border crossing with Colombia. But it is still difficult for international agencies to bring in desperately needed food and medicine. So local charities have had to step up to help the country's needy. More from Venezuela on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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On the next Fresh Air, we listen back to Terry’s interview with astronaut Michael Collins, who was part of the historic landing on the moon 50 years ago. He was orbiting the moon in the command capsule as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were on the surface. His big fear was not being able to meet them. Join us.

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(Photo: Astronaut Michael Collins. Taken July, 1969 – NASA/Public domain)

On the next Fresh Air, Ed Yong, a science writer for the Atlantic who has been covering the pandemic since it started. His new article is about the science that led to developing COVID vaccines in record time, and the flawed science that helped lead to misguided policies. Join us.

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(Photo: Ed Yong - Urszula Sołtys/Courtesy of Ecc)

On the next Fresh Air, the prospects for a constitutional crisis in the presidential election. Atlantic staff writer Barton Gellman says if Donald Trump claims mail-in votes are fraudulent and contests the results, Republican legislatures might then try and ignore their states’ popular votes and send Trump representatives to the electoral college. Gellman considers the possibilities in a new article. Join us.

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(Photo: Barton Gellman – David Burnett/Contact Press Images)

In the ‘70s and ‘80s Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan was a major musical hub in West Africa. After a series of political crises, Abidjan is back. The zouglou sound of the 1990s and the coupé decalé rage that followed are being reinvented in the era of Afrobeats and African hip-hop. The group Magic System is now invited to play major events in France—including President Macron’s election victory party! The group’s front man, Salif “Asalfo” Traore, has launched an annual music festival held in the Abidjan district of Anoumabo: FEMUA (Festival des Musiques Urbaines d’Anoumabo). On this program, we attend the festival and hear the sounds and stories of Abidjan’s cultural and commercial renaissance. 

Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: via Afropop Worldwide)

Aubrie Sellers took country music to the garage on her 2016 debut, New City Blues. She has a rock ‘n’ roll swagger that separates her from the more conventional take on country embraced by her parents, superstars Lee Ann Womack and Jason Sellers. Today, we’ll get a preview of Aubrie’s long-awaited sophomore release, Far From Home, in a live performance from this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville – Full of grungy guitars, wailing vocals, and some sweet country twang. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Aubrie Sellers - Courtesy of the artist)

Aubrie Sellers It might seem like musicians are flocking to Nashville to seek their fortune– and, a lot of them are. But Aubrie Sellers? She grew up in Nashville, as part of a family of musicians. So to find her own way, she moved to Los Angeles and tried something different. Aubrie talks about acting, playing music...and what it’s like to perform when you’re an introvert. Plus, she plays songs from her new, appropriately-titled album Far From Home on the next World Café.

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(Photo: Aubrie Sellers performs live at the 2019 AmericanaFest Day Stage in Nashville - Dylan Estes/WMOT/via NPR)

This guitar-focused program presents a series of mostly acoustic sessions with Garifuna star Aurelio Martinez, griot guitar master Aboubacar "Badian" Diabate, Malagasy tsapika phenom Damily, and Abdramane Toure, the 17-year-old guitarist for Khaira Arby of Timbuktu. These four uniquely talented players talk about their careers, their learning process, and their highly personal guitar styles. Along the way we catch up with a rich selection of beautifully guitar-filigreed music, from Honduran soul to Sahara Desert blues and the uniquely boogieing funerals of southern Madagascar.

Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Damily – Jerome Boccon-Gibod/Courtesy of the artist)

Austin-based singer-songwriter, Molly Burch, released the loose, moody record, First Flower, last year, and she’s recently been busy with a just-announced 7-inch, called Ballads. She joins host Stephen Kallao today, sharing about why she focused on singing rather than playing guitar early on, and the sexism she’s observed as a working musician. She isn’t afraid to call it out, either, with her song “To The Boys” that she wrote to empower women. We’ll hear that track, and more, performed live in the studio. On the next World Cafe.  

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Molly Burch - courtesy of the artist)

Camp Cope is a 3-piece rock band from Australia, and they’re also fearless activists. They’ve called out sexism in the music industry and led campaigns to make music festivals safer and more inclusive. Today, the trio plays a live set in the studio, including a song called “The Face of God,” which deals with sexual assault in a direct way. We’ll hear more about that track, plus some stories from the road. On the next World Cafe, with host Talia Schlanger. 

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Camp Cope performing for NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2018 - Eslah Attar/NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, as the Republican convention continues, Dave Davies speaks with historian Rick Perlstein. He’s spent his career studying the rise of the New Right in American politics. He’s just published his fourth book about American conservatism, focusing on the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. It’s called Reaganland. He’s also the author of Nixonland. Join us.

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(Photo: Reganland, by Rick Perlstein – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross talks about Fox News and Donald Trump with Brian Stelter, author of the new book ‘Hoax.’ Stelter is CNN’s chief media correspondent. He describes how Fox News provides talking points for Trump, and how Trump controls parts of Fox News. He'll also talk about the difference between news and propaganda. Join us.

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(Photo: Hoax, by Brian Stelter – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Dave Davies speaks with Deborah Feldman, whose memoir about leaving the ultra-orthodox Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn inspired the Netflix series, Unorthodox. Feldman will explain why she felt she had to leave her arranged marriage, and the price she paid for breaking with the sect. Join us.

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(Photo: Unorthodox, by Deborah Feldman – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross will talk about the profound and enduring impact of the coronavirus on the way we live. It’s the subject of the new book Apollo's Arrow, by Dr. Nicholas Christakis, who will be our guest. He’s a professor at Yale where he directs the Human Nature Lab. Join us.

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(Photo: Apollo's Arrow, by Dr. Nicholas Christakis – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, as we evaluate our president’s performance in a time of crisis, author Erik Larsen profiles a 20th-century statesman who led his nation at a time of peril. His new book focuses on Winston Churchill’s first year in office when Britain endured a ferocious Nazi bombing campaign. He says Churchill told his citizens the truth and inspired them to resist. The book is called The Splendid and the Vile. Join us.

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(Photo: The Splendid and the Vile, book cover – fair use/via NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross speaks with Katie Englehart, author of a new book about the Right to Die, and how that’s played out in states and countries that have right-to-die laws, in the clandestine groups on the internet known as the euthanasia underground, and in families where one member asks another for help in hastening death.  Join us.

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(Photo: The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die, by Katie Englehart – Book cover)

Kerri Greenidge is the author of Black Radical which tells the story of William Monroe Trotter, an African-American newspaper editor who led mass protests for civil rights in the early 20th century. Trotter gained a national following and challenged leaders like Booker T. Washington who took a more cautious approach to black empowerment. Join us.

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On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Laura Lippman, author of the popular Tess Monaghan detective series. Her new stand-alone crime novel, Lady in the Lake, is set in 1960s Baltimore, and deals with problems that still face us, like sexism, racism and homophobia. LIPPMAN also writes personal essays on subjects like becoming a mother at age 51.  Join us. 

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(Photo: via NPR)

Author Max Brooks tells us what he’s learned about planning for pandemics and other disasters--through researching his zombie novels, and participating in and witnessing government and military preparedness drills. His bestselling novel World War Z is about a pandemic, but when you’re infected by that virus, you become a zombie. He’s the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. Join Us.

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(Photo: Max Brooks - Courtesy of Del Rey/via NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, Dave Davies talks with author Neal Gabler about the late Senator Ted Kennedy and the decline of American liberalism. Kennedy was a progressive force in the Senate for decades, but Gabler says his personal conduct helped to undermine the moral authority of liberalism. Gabler’s published the first volume of a two-part biography of Kennedy. Join us.

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(Photo: Catching The Wind, by Neal Gabler/Courtesy Crown)

After chronicling the lives of girls for decades, Peggy Orenstein has a turned her attention to boys in the #ME-TOO era.  On the next Fresh Air she talks with Terry about her new book Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity. Join us

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(Photo: Peggy Orenstein – Michael Todd)

On the next Fresh Air, race, punishment, and the afterlife of mass incarceration, the subject of Reuben Jonathan Miller’s new book. His father and brothers have spent time in prison, and Miller spent years in foster care. Terry Gross talks with him about his life, his family, and his sociological study of people’s lives after release from prison. Join us.

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(Photo: Halfway Home, by Reuben Jonathan Miller – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross speaks with Walter Isaacson. His new book is about discoveries related to RNA, the molecule at the heart of the gene-editing tool Crispr, which is being used in the fight against genetic diseases.  RNA is also the basis of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines.  Isaacson was part of a clinical double-blind study of the Pfizer vaccine.  Join us.

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(Photo: Code Breaker, by Walter Issacson – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, we talk about the protests over George Floyd’s death and the police response with Wes Moore. He’s the author of a book about the 2015 death of Freddy Gray in the back of a Baltimore police van, and the uprising that followed. Moore is president of the anti-poverty organization the Robin Hood Foundation, and author of the bestselling book The Other Wes Moore. Join us. 

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As temperatures begin to dip and the leaves turn color, we celebrate the Autumnal Equinox with a soundtrack for the changing season. We hope for crisp air in Fall with Nina Simone’s plea, “Chilly Winds Don’t Blow,” and Sarah Vaughn’s take on Kurt Weill’s “September Song." For the harvest, we spin Johnny Cash’s “Pickin’ Time.” And with shorter days and longer nights, it’s Ahmad Jamal playing “Old Devil Moon” and Van Morrison with “Moondance.” Plus, we pay tribute to the late Aretha Franklin, whose spirit prevails for all seasons, with memories from her Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, studio musicians from Muscle Shoals, and her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin.

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