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'Radio Diaries'
4:28 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

The Artful Reinvention Of Klansman Asa Earl Carter

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White Citizens' Council leader Asa Earl Carter denounces school integration in Clinton, Tenn., on Aug. 31, 1956.
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Forrest Carter's Western adventure novel Gone to Texas tells the fictional story of Josey Wales, an outlaw-to-be who loses his family and goes on to become the most wanted man in Texas.
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Originally published on Fri April 20, 2012 6:11 pm

In the early 1990s, The Education of Little Tree became a publishing phenomenon. It told the story of an orphan growing up and learning the wisdom of his Native American ancestors, Cherokee Texan author Forrest Carter's purported autobiography.

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Studio B
3:53 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Wednesday, April 25th: VELVET TRUCKSTOP at 3pm

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By Martin Anderson

Asheville's Velvet Truckstop returns to Studio B, in advance of a string of shows in Charlotte, Black Mountain, and Asheville.  Their latest release "Sweet Release" includes Tom Constanten, keyboardist for the Grateful Dead for a few years.  As our own Laura Blackley has said, “If Velvet Truckstop ain’t careful, they just might make rock and roll relevant again."  

New Tunes at Two
3:38 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Thursday, April 26th: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER - Poor Moon

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By Martin Anderson

Monday, April 23rd: DAYNA KURTZ - American Standard, & Secret Canon Vol. 1

Tuesday, April 24th: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALLSTARS - Radio Salone

Wednesday, April 25th: A.L.O. - Sounds like This

Thursday, April 26th: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Poor Moon

New Tunes at Two
3:36 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Wednesday, April 25th: A.L.O. - Sounds Like This

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Monday, April 23rd: DAYNA KURTZ - American Standard, & Secret Canon Vol. 1

Tuesday, April 24th: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALLSTARS - Radio Salone

Wednesday, April 25th: A.L.O. - Sounds like This

Thursday, April 26th: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Poor Moon 

New Tunes at Two
3:34 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Tuesday, April 24th: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALLSTARS - Radio Salone

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Monday, April 23rd: DAYNA KURTZ - American Standard, & Secret Canon Vol. 1

Tuesday, April 24th: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALLSTARS - Radio Salone

Wednesday, April 25th: A.L.O. - Sounds like This

Thursday, April 26th: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Poor Moon

 

Asia
3:34 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Slowly, Myanmar Dares To Believe Change Is Real

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Girls perform a traditional dance while celebrating Thingyan, Myanmar's new year water festival, in Yangon, on April 15. The new year has brought new hope as the country undergoes rapid political change.
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Par Par Lay, a member of the Moustache Brothers vaudeville troupe whose show includes biting political satire, performs recently in Mandalay, in northern Myanmar. Par Par Lay, who had been imprisoned, says he is not yet convinced the reforms are real.
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A supporter cheers on Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition leader, as she visits her constituency during new year festivities in Kawhmu outside Yangon on April 17.
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Originally published on Fri April 20, 2012 6:06 pm

In Myanmar, there are signs in the most unlikely places that people are starting to believe recent political reforms are for real, and aren't just a trick.

Take a recent performance of the Moustache Brothers vaudeville troupe in the northern city of Mandalay.

The troupe performs in the family home — it's not allowed to perform in public. Its biting political satire, aimed at the generals and their cronies, has made the troupe a favorite of Western tourists and diplomats.

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New Tunes at Two
3:32 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Monday, April 23rd: DAYNA KURTZ - American Standard, & Secret Canon Vol. 1

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Monday, April 23rd: DAYNA KURTZ - American Standard, & Secret Canon Vol. 1

Tuesday, April 24th: SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALLSTARS - Radio Salone

Wednesday, April 25th: A.L.O. - Sounds like This

Thursday, April 26th: HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER: Poor Moon

The Salt
2:53 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

For Most Of Human History, Being An Omnivore Was No Dilemma

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Gorillas are fine with being herbivores, like this one at a Seattle zoo. But humans evolved as omnivores. Is diet destiny?
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If diet is destiny, then modern humans should thank our ancestors for their ability to eat just about anything.

Two new studies peek into the distant past to try to figure out just how big a role food played in human evolution. One says that eating meat made it possible for early human mothers to wean babies earlier and have more children.

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Shots - Health Blog
2:42 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study

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Chickens were killed in Hong Kong last December in an effort to halt the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 10:07 am

A Dutch virologist is considering his full range of legal options if his government refuses to lift the restrictions it has put on his controversial bird flu research, and matters could quickly come to a head after a meeting next Monday that will be attended by U. S. observers.

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World Cafe
2:17 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Of Monsters And Men On World Cafe

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Of Monsters And Men are an Icelandic folk-rock band.
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Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 10:58 am

Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic sextet specializing in catchy folk-pop. The group came together in 2009 when singer Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir began recruiting backups for her acoustic solo act. In 2010, Of Monsters and Men gained national fame when it won an annual Icelandic battle of the bands; since then, the buzz has only grown.

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