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Finishing the Job (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 30 November 2009)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT

President Obama vows to “finish the job” in Afghanistan. USA Today’s Susan Page previews his speech on the war there and looks at other news from Washington. Plus, newly elected Republican city councilman Peter Koo; naming the “00’s”; Walter Isaacson; and water pollution by way of overtaxed sewage systems.

Thank You, Guitar (Spinning On Air: Sunday, 29 November 2009)

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT

The intimate sound of the guitar winds down the Thanksgiving weekend. As accompaniment to songs and as a solo instrument, the guitar warms the sonic hearth. Host David Garland presents new recordings by Will Stratton, Beach House, The Hand, and Six Organs of Admittance, unique in-studio recordings by Kevin Barker (pictured), Gareth Dickson, and James Blackshaw, plus a 1967 masterpiece by Robbie Basho.

Six Organs of Admittance

Kevin Barker

James Blackshaw

Robbie Basho Archives

Info about the December 16-29 concert series at The Stone

The Heart of the Matter (Selected Shorts: Sunday, 29 November 2009)

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT

“Very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth…How then, am I mad?—Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Three hearts—haunting, foolish, and in love, in tales ranging from a horror classic to a contemporary miniature.