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3:40pm

Fri June 22, 2012
Piano Jazz

Dave McKenna On Piano Jazz

Originally published on Fri October 2, 2009 11:08 am

This week's show is a tribute to the late pianist Dave McKenna with guest host, pianist and singer Daryl Sherman, who was a friend of McKenna's and is a musical fixture at New York's famous Waldorf Astoria.

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1:51pm

Fri June 22, 2012
The Two-Way

Greece's Incoming Finance Minister Admitted To Hospital

Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 2:44 pm

Credit Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP/Getty Images

Hours before he was scheduled to be sworn in as Greek's newest finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos fell ill and was rushed to the hospital "complaining of nausea, intense abdominal pains and dizziness," Reuters reports.

Of course this all comes just after Greece elected a new parliament and just after Greece formed a new three-party coalition that has the task of wading through national and Eurozone politics to negotiate a bailout.

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1:28pm

Fri June 22, 2012
The Picture Show

How Would You 'Picture The South'?

Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 2:57 pm

Since 1996, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta has been hiring photographers with a very basic assignment, completely open to interpretation: Picture the South. It's a clever way for the museum to both build its collection and encourage artists to find inspiration in the region. And the results vary widely.

"It would be really hard to hang all these projects side by side," says Brett Abbott, curator of photography at the museum.

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12:59pm

Fri June 22, 2012
The Two-Way

Bullied Bus Monitor Gets An Apology, Half A Million In Donations

Credit youtube.com

Two of the middle school kids who brutally bullied a school bus monitor in Greece, New York are apologizing to Karen Klein.

MSNBC says they've sent notes to police who have forwarded them to Klein.

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11:37am

Fri June 22, 2012
World Cafe

Gotye On World Cafe

Originally published on Thu December 27, 2012 2:03 pm

Credit James Bryans

Gotye (a.k.a. Wouter "Wally" De Backer) has become an international pop star on the strength of his new album, Making Mirrors. The poppy collection includes "Somebody That I Used To Know," which has topped the charts in six countries and hit the Top 20 in 14 others. There's something hauntingly relatable and undeniably catchy about the insightful, ubiquitous break-up song.

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10:58am

Fri June 22, 2012
Barbershop

Grandma Withstands Bus Bullies

Host Michel Martin and the Barbershop guys weigh in on the new NBA champions: the Miami Heat. They also discuss what should happen to a group of middle school boys who relentlessly bullied a 68-year-old school bus monitor. A video of the incident has gone viral, and one website has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the grandma.

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