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This week on Folk Alley, a live set from We Banjo 3's new live album 'Roots To Rise' recorded at The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan; new music from Them Coulee Boys, David Grier, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Irene Kelley, and Sunny War; plus favorites from Trampled By Turtles, Frazey Ford, The Be Good Tanyas, Lori McKenna, and more. 

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Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff is leading the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. A look at Adam Schiff - who he is and how he got where he is now. This Afternoon on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo:House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. -J. Scott Applewhite/AP/via NPR)

Eighteen years after 9/11, the United States and the Taliban appeared close to making peace. But when a Tailban bomb killed a U-S soldier in Afghanistan, President Trump ended peace talks instead. We look at the shifting currents of America's longest war on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: A U.S. Army helicopter crew in Afghanistan, June 2017 - Capt. Brian Harris/AP/via NPR)

In 1969, a white journalist darkened her skin and passed as black -- in an effort to understand the black experience. A look back at a fraught attempt at empathy on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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One of the NRA's former top executives Joshua Powell has written a tell-all book, in which he paints the gun-rights group as a corrupt organization riddled with in-fighting and mismanagement. That story and more on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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On the next Morning Edition, a machine created to detect chemical weapons has a new mission on the streets of Boston. How it might help prevent drug overdoses. Also, the new film 'Queen and Slim' explores African Americans' relationship with the police. Noel King talks with the movie's screenwriter. Hear news, plus stories that affect your world 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!

A Massachusetts man spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. He sued the police officers who he claims violated his civil rights - and won a million dollars for every year he lost. But does all that money matter to him?  Plus, our continuing coverage of President Trump, Ukraine, and the House impeachment inquiry on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Mark and Mia Schand, wearing T-shirts from the innocence organization Centurion Ministries in 2015, just want to move forward - Karen Brown/New England Public Radio)

This week on This American Life: Lissa Yellow Bird searches for missing people. She's great at it. But then, her niece goes missing. For the first time, she sets out to find someone who is not a stranger. That’s this week, on This American Life.

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(Photo: Lissa Yellow Bird - Natasha Rausch / The Forum of Fargo Moorhead)

This week, a holiday special featuring Odetta, Holly Cole, Mike Seeger, Victoria Williams, Joan Baez, Kathy Mattea, Bruce Cockburn, Mary Gauthier, Loudon Wainwright III, and more!

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Today kicks off an entire week of World Cafe in London! First, it’s a weird and wonderful piece of the city’s history – George Frideric Handel, who wrote Messiah, and Jimi Hendrix would have been next-door neighbors in London if they had been alive at the same time. Both of their former flats have been recreated and turned into a museum, and host Talia Schlanger takes the tour today. Plus, we’ll hear live performances from an indie rock band that’s about to break through, they’re called Sea Girls. That’s coming up, on this Sense of Place edition of World Cafe in London.

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(Photo via WXPN)

A national park in Malawi is trying to save elephants with an artificial intelligence program that aims to predict where poachers will be before they strike. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. On the next Fresh Air - a talk about recent breakthroughs in treating and preventing heart failure with Dr. Haider Warraich, cardiologist and author of the new book State of the Heart. Join us.

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(Photo: Dr. Haider Warraich – Sean Rocco/Duke Health/via NPR)

A little over a decade ago, friends Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Catherine Popper started playing out together in Brooklyn just for fun. Now, the trio has released their second disc as Puss N Boots, and the new one is a Christmas record, called Dear Santa. They bring a festive live set to the World Cafe today. Plus, host Raina Douris will spin a mix of new and classic holiday songs throughout the show. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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The legendary Gloria Gaynor has released a new gospel album. It’s called Testimony and celebrates her faith through original songs and her take on classics like “Amazing Grace,” although she didn’t have a religious upbringing. Gloria explains in her conversation with host Talia Schlanger today. Plus, we’ll hear stories behind her disco hit “I Will Survive,” which she recorded while recovering from major spinal surgery. And we’ll learn how her life changed after the song was played at Studio 54. All this and a live performance, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Gloria Gaynor performs "Joy Comes in the Morning” - Recorded Live for World Cafe)

In a new Sense of Place series, World Cafe hits the road this week to explore Charlottesville, Virginia. To kick things off, we start with Charlottesville’s own Dave Matthews. He joined the World Cafe’s Talia Schlanger in 2018, upon the release of their latest album, Come Tomorrow. Today we’ll find out how LeRoi Moore still influences him, over 10 years after the DMB saxophonist tragically passed away. Plus, Dave Matthews Band performs a set of new songs and classic hits, live. On an encore edition of the World Cafe.  

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(Photo: Dave Matthews – via Facebook)

As coronavirus took the U.S. by storm, two New Yorkers were out on their first date. Then came the stay at home order. A pandemic love story, on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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On the next Fresh Air - an interview to help brighten your mood.  We listen back to my conversation with Steve Martin, recorded after the publication of his memoir, in which he talked about his early years when he was a stand-up comic, and how he developed his style of comedy.   Join us.

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We mark the birthday of Paul Westerberg, a founding member of The Replacements, with music from that band and his solo career. We’ll also hear selections from Paul McCartney, Kill Vargas, and The World Palestine.

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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Ten candidates will take the stage for the first Democratic presidential debate. Expect them to cover topics from healthcare to income.

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This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for a preview of what's to come at this year's Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans, LA; hear music from The Revelers, Anne-Mari Kivimaki & Palomylly, Catherine MacLellan, Minor Empire, JigJam, and much more. 

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Mike Pence has come under increased scrutiny during this week's impeachment inquiry hearings. We go back to the beginning of Pence’s career to ask: How did a longtime public servant and devout Christian end up in this administration, defending Donald Trump?  Plus, an enterprising family collaborates on the new film about Mister Rogers on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Vice President Mike Pence - Andres Kudacki/AP/via NPR)

Tanya Tucker was 13 years old when she had her first hit song, 1972’s “Delta Dawn,” and she continued to top the charts throughout her career. Now, 17 years since her last release, she returns with While I’m Livin’. Co-produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, the album was recorded live in the studio, the way it was done during Tucker’s heyday as an outlaw country star in the ‘70s. We’ll hear a set of the new songs live from this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville. On the next World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

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(Photo: Tanya Tucker's While I'm Livin', out now, builds on her storied country legacy - Danny Clinch /Courtesy of the artist)

In the Arctic, a team of climate researchers is about to attach their ship to a massive chunk of sea ice. They're planning to drift on it for an entire year to collect data that could help them find out why the ice is getting thinner. But as temperatures there rise, is a long expedition safe? Plus, the House formally votes to proceed with the impeachment inquiry - we'll take a look at what happens next on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: The Akademik Federov in heavy ice, Sept. 29, 2019 - Ravenna Koenig)

A three hour-long retrospective of the decade, beginning with the arrival of Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, the death of Osama Bin-Laden, and the extreme weather conditions that caused nuclear accidents in Japan, flooding in the North East and fires across Texas and California, a typhoon in the Philippines, the Boston Marathon tragedy, with stops at Standing Rock, Brexit, Mosul, Nice, Orlando, Baton Rouge, Oakland, Chicago, and Cleveland, the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman trial, and the growing unrest around the country with racial profiling, social injustice, and police confrontations, threats of terrorism spreading around the globe from Sydney to Pakistan to North Korea with corporate hacking, international border disputes, wars and invasions, plus train derailments, car crashes, drones and marshall law, Edward Snowden on the NSA and information gathering, and the Presidential Election campaigns of Barack Obama through Donald Trump, including Russian interference and possible impeachment and the resulting political turmoil, this Shortcut Through the Second Decade of the 21st century mixes up the emotional highs and lows; the struggles for peace, the growing concern over global warming, climate change and the environment, the changes in science & technology, the perfume & the poison, the shocking scandals, bad behavior and fake news, plus  Tributes to those who have passed, mixed with all the music that flowed through our lives during the past decade-- this Shortcut features Muhammad Ali, Fidel Castro, John Glenn, Garry Shandling, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, David Cameron, Paul Ryan, Michelle Obama, Steve Jobs, Michael Moore, Chris Hayes, Ben Carson, D.L Hughley, Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Common, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Tracy Morgan, Stephen Cobert, Conan O'Brien, John Oliver, Lin Manuel Miranda, Boris Karloff & O. P. Heggie, Kyle MacLachlan, Gov. Jerry Brown, America Ferrera, William F. Buckley, Garrison Keillor , Harvey Weinstein, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Spike Lee, Whoopie Goldberg, Nancy Pelosi, Bruce Springsteen, Joseph Kennedy III, Joe Rogan, John & Meghan McCain, George Martin, Dave Chapell, Dave Letterman & Jerry Seinfeld, Charlie Sheen, David Hogg, Nelson Mandela, Dick Cheney and  many more-featuring the continuing decline of western civilization--introduced by Queen Elizabeth.

Philadelphia pop-punk band Modern Baseball went on indefinite hiatus back in 2017 following a period of writer’s block from songwriter Jake Ewald. He formed a new project, Slaughter Beach, Dog, to explore a different sound, named after a beach close to his parent’s house in Delaware. With his third studio album, Safe and Also No Fear, Ewald foregoes his emo influences to focus on folk-rock reminiscent of Wilco, accompanied by his former bandmate Ian Farmer. He recorded some songs from his album live in the WXPN studio for a mini-concert, coming up on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Slaughter Beach Dog - Jamie Stow for WXPN)

A former journalist turned CIA agent goes undercover to flip an international arms dealer and stop a terrorist bombing. And Glynn flies too close to the sun.

Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - Download the FREE KRCB mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo by: Teo Ducot)

A director is hired to produce a nature documentary but he decides to make a more ambitious film instead. This film... comes with deadly consequences. And a softball team isn’t afraid to shed a little blood in the ultimate game of boys vs. girls.

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This year, President Trump delivers the State of the Union in the midst of his own impeachment. We'll have a preview. Plus, analysis of the Iowa caucus results on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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In North Carolina, a voter fraud scandal in one district prompted the state to throw out the results of a congressional election. Now, the last race of *last* year's midterms will be decided this week. Is North Carolina's do-over election a possible preview for 20-20? Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images/via NPR)

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We celebrate Independence Day with selections from Jackson Browne, Yes, Drive-By Truckers and X. 

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Over the last four decades, Mike Scott’s artistic curiosity has led to all sorts of sounds from his band The Waterboys. This time, he explores spoken word throughout their new album, called Good Luck Seeker, as he spins tales about actor Dennis Hopper and the iconic Bleecker Bob’s record store in New York City. Today we’ll find out what inspired the new record, plus Scott reinterprets his biggest hit, “The Whole of The Moon,” in a special live performance. On the next World Cafe.  

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(Photo: Mike Scott at a concert in The Hague, 2002 – Meut, cc)

This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the soulful sounds of Kortland Whalum in a special show, live from the Green Room at Crosstown Arts.

Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame, here in Memphis, TN, brought to you by the Blues Foundation.

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(Photo: Courtesy of the artist/via Beale Street Caravan)

This week, a "best of" show from 2014 featuring a special hour-long performance by Umphrey's McGee, along with Yarn, Cris Jacobs, and Jim Oblon.

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The new album from Caamp, called By and By, comes out on Friday. Today, we’ll get a preview! Formed around guitarist Taylor Meier and banjo player Evan Westfall, Caamp tours a lot, charming festivalgoers across the country with their laid-back folk vibes. They join host Talia Schlanger to talk about their humble beginnings at open mic nights in Athens, Ohio – But they’ve come a long way since then, with songs in the tens of millions of spins on Spotify. Plus, Caamp performs brand new songs, live, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Caamp performing live for the World Cafe – via World Cafe)

Join us for a special fundraising hour of TED Radio.

Norwegian TV producer Thomas Hellum describes why his programs — which feature hours of train rides, fishing, and knitting — help viewers slow down and return to life in 'real time.'

Maysoon Zayid teases herself for all the ways she's different: she has cerebral palsy, she's Muslim, she's Palestinian. By making us laugh at it, she gets us to think about acceptance.

For 100 days, Jia Jiang did a bunch of random things - asking a stranger for $100, requesting a burger refill at a restaurant, asking for a haircut at PetSmart - all to conquer his fear of rejection.

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For the next World Cafe, a special two-hour mix with host Stephen Kallao! You’ll go for a drive with Bruce Springsteen and Bleachers with their collaborative song “Chinatown.” Ziggy Marley will show you a “Good Time.” Plus, tracks from Beck, Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, The Jayhawks, and many more. It’s all coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: World Cafe contributing host Stephen Kallao)

You’ll hear new music from Darlingside, Susan Werner, and the Kronos Quartet; from our Folk Alley Sessions archives, hear exclusive recordings of Leyla McCalla performing songs from her 2013 album, 'Vari-Colored Songs - A Tribute to Langston Hughes,' now re-released in 2020 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings; plus, we'll hear from some winners of this year's Steve Martin Banjo Prize; and much more!

In hour two, hear Steve Poltz' "Quarantine Blues" and other new releases from Mipso, Caitlin Canty, and Kurt Vile; a set of previously unreleased songs from Joni Mitchell's archives; more faves from the latest Mavericks and Cahalen Morrison albums; plus 10 String Symphony, Guy Clark, Tom Waits, and more! 

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(Photo: Darlingside - Cameron Gee/via NPR)

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip is the latest album from Sparks. We’ll hear music from that effort as well as selections from Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’s Reunions. 

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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Journalist David Owen says we take our ears for granted, abusing them with rock concerts, loud restaurants and power tools. Most of us will lose some hearing before we reach retirement age. His new is book, Volume Control. Join us.

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On the next Fresh Air, a talk about last month’s Supreme Court decisions on gerrymandering and the census citizenship question—and what the next steps might be with the citizenship question—with Ari Berman, who covers voting rights for Mother Jones.  The census and partisan gerrymandering will help determine the political map of the 2020’s.  Join us. 

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(Photo: Ari Berman covers voting rights for Mother Jones - Ports Bishop/via NPR)

On the next fresh air, a discussion about Malcolm and Martin Luther King--their relationship to each other, their era, and to our time.  A talk with Peniel Joseph, author of a new book about them called “The Sword and The Shield.” Joseph is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas. Join us.

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(Photo: The Sword and The Shield, by Peniel Joseph - book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, the alarming growth of overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid, fentanyl. Dave Davies talks with journalist Ben Westoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc., about the manufacture, sale, and use of fentanyl, which is being added to heroin and other drugs. He spoke to dealers operating on the dark web and visited companies in China that make fentanyl and its components. Join us.

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A man imprisoned and tortured in Syria for protesting the regime of Bashar Al-Assad is finally free. Now the most visible witness to Syria's secret system of arrest and torture is determined to bring his captors to justice. He tells his story of survival on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Syria President Bashar al-Assad - Remy De La Mauvinier /AP / via NPR)

Olvera Street is the oldest street in Los Angeles – It’s home to a bustling Mexican marketplace and a tightknit community, where Grammy-winning band La Santa Cecilia grew up. Today, frontwoman La Marisoul shows host Raina Douris around historic Olvera Street, including the shop her family has operated for generations – and that she now runs. Coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Marisol Hernandez and Jose "Pepe" Carlos of La Santa Cecilia - Kimberly Junod/WXPN)

Communities in Mississippi are still reeling from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in August. We'll hear from Morton, Mississippi... On the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo:Two people are taken into custody by ICE agents at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., one of seven food processing plants targeted for coordinated raids in the state -Rogelio V. Solis/AP/NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry pays tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. We feature her interview with him, and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead highlights Rollins’ career.  And you’ll hear from actress Octavia Spencer. Join us.

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(Photo: Sonny Rollins - Yves Moch / CC BY-SA 3.0)

A program at the Department of Veterans Affairs is designed to provide stipends and other forms of support to caregivers of loved ones who have been severely injured in combat. But the V-A has been criticized for removing vets from the program for seemingly arbitrary reasons -- such as not showing "recovery" from permanent injuries or following their care plan to the letter. We'll look at the controversy surrounding the VA caregiver assistance program on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters - AgnosticPreachersKid [CC BY-SA 3.0])