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Rhythms of Life: A Musical Mom Declines One Note at a Time

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Next Avenue



Hearing her 'clunkers' at the piano, a caring son starts to prepare for what he knows is coming next. Continue


Capturing the Spirit of a Challenged City

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Independent Lens



Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady filmed Detropia with the hopes that all Americans would see themselves mirrored in their portrait of the Motor City, which depicts both overwhelming hardship and new possibilities. Continue


David Foster Wallace on Ambition

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Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC, March 4, 1996 Executive Producer: David Gerlach Animator: Patrick Smith Continue


Ex-Gay Ministry -- Converting Homosexuals

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly



Can gays become straight? For years, experts have said no, that homosexual orientation cannot be cured by therapy. But first quietly, now with national publicity, some Christians are saying yes, gays can change with religious counseling. The claims are controversial, the data elusive, but as Mary Alice Williams reports, the movement thrives. Continue


A Final Salute to a Military-Veteran Father

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Next Avenue



When the author's dad died, she didn’t know what benefits were available. It took 21 years, but she finally did the right thing. Continue


Decline of Buddhism in Thailand

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly



Economic prosperity and modernity are beginning to have an impact on religious life in Thailand, a country that is 95 percent Buddhist but that in the last 30 years has seen the number of Buddhist monks decrease by about half. Continue


Co-Hosts Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise Share A Poignant Story

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National Memorial Day Concert



Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, discuss the meaning of Memorial Day and the personal significance it has for each of them. For the first time, these distinguished actors perform together on the Concert, sharing the story of twin brothers who joined the National Guard two weeks before 9/11. Continue


Remembering the Korean War

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National Memorial Day Concert



Learn more about the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the “National Memorial Day Concert” tribute to all the veterans of this “forgotten war.” Continue


Returning Troops Receive Tribute

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National Memorial Day Concert



Watch as Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna pay tribute and Chris Daughtry performs for the service men and women returning from recent deployments. The Daughtry song “Home” was a highlight of the PBS National Memorial Day Concert (2012). Continue


Bobby McFerrin

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly



This Grammy-Award-winning artist’s new album, "spirityouall," includes his interpretations of classic African-American spirituals as well as songs he composed. Through all of them he hears the influence of his father, Robert McFerrin, Sr., who was an operatic baritone. Continue


Coming Soon to Global Voices: Garbage Dreams

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Global Voices



The world’s largest garbage village is just outside Cairo. The Zabaleen (Arabic for “garbage people”) recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect, but now multinational corporations threaten their livelihood. Follow three teenage boys born into the business who are forced to make choices that will impact the survival of their community. Continue


Bobby McFerrin Performs "Fix Me Jesus"

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly



Watch Bobby McFerrin's recent performance of "Fix Me Jesus" in the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis. Continue


Olympia Snowe Interview

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To The Contrary



Former Senator Olympia Snowe spoke with To the Contrary about her new book, "Fighting for Common Ground," how to create bi-partisanship in Congress and her next act. Continue


The Beastie Boys on Being Stupid

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Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio, 1985, Washington, D.C. Continue


Why We Need to Embrace the Japanese Approach to Aging

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Next Avenue



A gerontologist argues that 'ikigai' — the Japanese concept of value and self-worth — is crucial to growing old gracefully. Continue


Mount Rushmore Preview

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American Experience



An obsessed artist struggles against bankruptcy, public indifference, and a brutal terrain, to build the great American monument, Mount Rushmore. High on a granite cliff in South Dakota's Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute the world's largest piece of sculpture. Continue


Pay Tribute to the Greatest Generation

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National Memorial Day Concert



Find out more about how the life of veteran actor and decorated hero of WWII, Charles Durning, who will be honored as part of a tribute to the Greatest Generation. Continue


Debating Need, Number of High-Skilled Worker Visas

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PBS NewsHour



NewsHour continues its examination of different aspects of debate on immigration reform. Ray Suarez gets two views on H-1B visas -- how the program for highly skilled foreign workers is structured and how it may change -- with Vivek Wadhwa of Stanford University and Ron Hira of Rochester Institute of Technology. Continue


TTC Extra: Teen Birth Rate

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To The Contrary



Teen birth rates have gone down in all but two states of the United States. Continue


Bobby McFerrin Extended Interview

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly



Watch more of our interview with the Grammy-award winning artist about his faith and his music. Continue


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