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November 15, 2012

Alfred "Uganda" Roberts And His Drums

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Give this New Orleans drummer a snare set and he will dismantle it - so he can play with his hands. He likes the sound of drumming on the bongo and conga and has been providing the beat for musicians such as Dr. John and Professor Longhair for years now.

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Joseph Shabalala

We hear from the musician about how he started the group Lady Smith Black Mambazo.

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Brother Ken Lucas

A portrait of a Vietnam veteran turned friar.

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Navajo Pentecostal

Producer Scott Carrier attends a church service led by Navajos in New Mexico.

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Writers Justin Torres And Dorothy Allison Share In Inspiration

Dick speaks with Justin Torres, author of We The Animals, about his inspiration: Dorothy Allison. 

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Making Original Copies

Ken Perenyi paints like Rembrandt - and Modigliani and Picasso.

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Photographer Joshua Lutz: Hesitating Beauty

Guest host Sean Cole speaks to photographer Joshua Lutz about portraits he took of his mother while she was suffering from a mental illness.

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Discovering Leonardo

Dick speaks with Dianne Dwyer Modestini, the art restorer who discovered a painting by Salvatore Mundi was actually a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Prison Portraits - The Ciudad Juarez Women’s Prison

Photographer Katie Orlinsky was based in Mexico and she saw that women were caught up in the drug wars and began to document it.

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Lady Sovereign Takes On Jelly Donut

The spat between Lady Sovereign and a jelly donut.

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Listener Soundtrack

Listeners respond to Dick’s request for stories about music.

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Navigating New Freedoms In Burma (Myanmar)

Burmese activist Nay Phone Latt tells Dick about the four years he spent in prison and the new country he found when he got out.

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The First Language

Andrea Lee Torres wrestles with her parents' decision to not teach her their native language.

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