Music Interviews
4:26 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

Peggy Sue: Mining The Dark And The Discordant

Credit Patrick Ford
Peggy Sue's new album is Acrobats.

There's no Peggy Sue — or even a Margaret or a Susan, for that matter — in the British folk-rock band Peggy Sue. There is, however, a hard-driving group that has just released its second album, Acrobats. Peggy Sue is the trio of singers and guitarists Rosa Slade and Katy Young, and drummer Olly Joyce.

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Music Interviews
4:24 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

Romeo Santos: Taking Bachata Mainstream

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Romeo Santos.
Native America Calling
4:17 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

South Dakota Foster Care Crisis

Mon. 11/21 11a: A recent NPR News investigation found that in South Dakota Native American children make up less than 15 percent of the child population, but they make up more than half of the children in the state’s foster care system. 

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Social Entrepreneurs: Taking On World Problems
3:58 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

India Eye Care Center Finds Middle Way To Capitalism

Originally published on Tue November 29, 2011 5:38 pm

At an Aravind hospital in Madurai, a city on India's southern tip, the waiting room is packed. A clinical assistant calls out the names of patients, and they're escorted to examination rooms. This hospital alone screens around 2,000 patients a day — and tour guide Shawas Philip says this day is busier than usual.

"We might break that record today — of the number of patients that are seen on a particular day. That's exciting," he says.

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Peace Talks Radio
3:50 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

The Series on Peacemaking and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution

Fri. 11/25 8a: Religious liberty and tolerance are complex issues, impacted by a variety of factors including education, politics, and the media.

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Movie Interviews
3:49 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

In 'Hugo,' Scorsese Salutes A Movie Magician

In his 2007 children's book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, author Brian Selznick tells the story of an orphan named Hugo who lives in the walls of a Paris train station and spends his time winding the clocks.

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Music Interviews
3:41 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

A.A. Bondy: Making His Own World

Credit Hilary Stohs-Krause
A.A. Bondy performs at The Waiting Room in Omaha, Neb. He says it took him eight days to write his new album, Believers.
The Two-Way
3:19 pm
Fri November 18, 2011

Self-Help Guru Sentenced To Two Years In Prison Over Sweat Lodge Deaths

The self-help guru responsible for three deaths at a 2009 sweat lodge ceremony in the Arizona desert was sentenced to two years in prison, today.

At his sentencing James Arthur Ray begged for forgiveness. The AP reports:

"Ray said during his sentencing hearing that he would have stopped the ceremony near Sedona had he known people were dying or in distress. He turned to the more than a dozen family members seated in the courtroom, tearfully taking full responsibility for the pain and anguish he caused them.

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