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State of the Re:Union: Oakland
Saturday, 02/11/12 4pm
Refugees, entrepreneurs, visionaries - these are the historic roots of Oakland, California. The city has long been home for people building new lives and imagining even better ones but dreams deferred also haunt this place.
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State of the Re:Union: Utica
Saturday, 02/04/12 4pm
A couple of decades ago, Utica, New York, was dying, even by its residents diagnosis: A popular bumper sticker in the ‘90s read "Last One Out of Utica, Please Turn Out the Lights." Something has changed in recent years, with a surprising influx of refugees to this part of snowy, cold upstate New York.
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State of the Re:Union: Birmingham
Saturday, 01/28/12 4pm
Birmingham, Alabama. Just the words make you think about freedom riders,
church bombings, civil rights marches and police dogs. This is a place
that can’t escape its history—especially the painful parts.
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State of the Re:Union: Las Vegas
Saturday, 01/21/12 4pm
These days, two versions of Las Vegas occupy the public imagination. One is of Sin City, the City of Lights, home to The Strip, to glitter and entertainment. The other is as a dramatic victim of the recent economic recession.
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State of the Re:Union: Sacramento
Saturday, 01/14/12 4pm
Sacramento is a company town where the company is government.
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State of the Re:Union: Cleveland
Saturday, 01/07/12 4pm
From Rockefeller's Standard Oil to GE's first industrial park, Cleveland was a city made by entrepreneurs.
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State of the Re:Union: The Mississippi Gulf Coast
Saturday, 12/10/11 4pm
After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then there was the BP oil spill. This week on State of the Re:Union, the Mississippi Gulf Coast comes together to deal with these catastrophes.
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State of the Re:Union: Veterans Coming Home
Saturday, 12/03/11 4pm
State of the Re:Union explores the challenges veterans face as they return home from war.
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State of the Re:Union: The Bronx
Saturday, 11/26/11 4pm
From President Carter’s famous 1977 urban decay photo-op in the wastelands of the South Bronx to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s iconic early hip-hop rhymes about growing up in poverty, the Bronx has long been a symbol of America’s failings.
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The Moth Radio Hour
Saturday, 11/12/11 4pm
This week on The Moth Radio Hour, Christian McBride, a jazz bassist, is put to the test by his idol, Freddie Hubbard and writer Adam Gopnik details his daughter’s cosmopolitan imaginary friend.
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The Moth Radio Hour
Saturday, 11/05/11 4pm
In this episode of The Moth Radio Hour, a young woman is told to keep her heritage a secret by her mother; a reckless partier gets shipwrecked; and an author contends with her unsupportive mother on her deathbed.
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The Moth Radio Hour
Saturday, 10/29/11 4pm
This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories of leaving home, shocking secrets, and the benefits of your girlfriend's prison sentence.
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