Weekend America for JUNE 2, 2007
Hour 1
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The End of an Activist
Last week, Iraq War protester Cindy Sheehan dropped out. She abandoned her post at Camp Casey with an emotional open letter posted on DailyKos.com: "Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives... I failed my boy and that hurts the most." Weekend America's Pat Loeb talks to Sheehan about the anti-war movement, giving up and where to go next.
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Shoot An Iraqi
Flatfile Galleries in Chicago wouldn't let Wafaa Bilal call his exhibit "Shoot an Iraqi." Instead Bilal, who's been living in an art installation that allows strangers to shoot him with a Web-operated paintball gun, has called his piece "Domestic Tension." He is an Iraqi who fled Saddam's regime in 1991. His father and younger brother were killed in the current Iraq war. Weekend America Host Bill Radke asks Bilal what it is like to live under the gun.
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- Music Bridge:
- How Do You Really Feel
- Artist: Breakestra
- CD: Hit The Floor (Ubiquity)
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Wild Turkey Hunting
In the spirit of experimentation, independent producer Lyn Millner traveled to the woods near Boscobel, Wis., to take part on the final weekend of wild turkey hunting season. The town calls itself the Wild Turkey Hunting Capital and Millner took her family for the full experience of this tradition.
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- Music Bridge:
- Do Deep-Sea Fish Dream Of Electric Moles
- Artist: Michio Kurihara
- CD: Sunset Notes (Ba Da Bing)
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Weekend America Letters: Suspicion at the Dog Park
Each week, Weekend America gets letters from you, the listener. This week we open our mailbag to get your thoughts on Neille Ilel's story about a sex offender at the dog park, witches that were not burned in Salem, and a listener asks about your Iraq war story.
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- Music Bridge:
- Glacier
- Artist: Rom
- CD: Rom (Wimm)
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Kung Fu Opening
It's taken nearly seven years to open the first Martial Arts History Museum in Santa Clarita, Calif. This weekend the museum will open for the first time. Weekend America Guest Host Amy Scott talks with Michael Matsuda who has dedicated almost a decade of his life to opening this museum.
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Summer Vacation Battleground
It's not much talked about, but planning where to go on vacation marks trouble for many couples. One person wants to drive through the desert, and the other wants to go on a cruise, for example. Weekend America Host Bill Radke speaks with Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a psychologist based in Seattle, Wash., who specializes in coping with vacation stress.
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- Music Bridge:
- Last Words
- Artist: 23 Skidoo
- CD: The Gospel Comes to New Guinea (Ronin)
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School's Out in Harveyville, Kansas
Harveyville, Kan., is a small town and getting smaller: There are only about 250 residents, and most are elderly. But after an artist bought an abandoned school to live in two years ago, there are some colorful new faces in town. Reporter Frank Morris went to Harveyville to see how the two groups are living with each other.
Hour 2
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Sunday Supper on Food Stamps
This month, in honor of the re-authorization of the Farm Bill, several elected officials went on a food stamp diet, eating only what an allotment of food stamps could buy. We wondered what people who live on food stamps week in and week out do to survive. Weekend America asked some food stamp recipients how they make Sunday dinner.
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- Music Bridge:
- I Kissed the Dirt
- Artist: Guitar
- CD: She Kissed Her Bobtail (Onitor)
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Good News, Bad News, No News
Good News, Bad News, No News
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. Weighing in this week is Cathy Sorbo, a columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nancy French, author of "A Red State of Mind," and Missouri State University journalism professor Andrew Cline.
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- Music Bridge:
- Better Times Will Come
- Artist: No Luck Club
- CD: Prosperity (Expansion Team)
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Brawl in Hockeytown
There are a lot of fights in hockey, so it's hard to say which one is the most famous. But we'll try it anyway. Detroit Red Wing fan Christy Hammond and Colorado Avalanche fan Joe Dunman talk about their favorite fight, known as the "Brawl in Hockeytown." They share the story about their violent moment in hockey history with Weekend America.
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- Music Bridge:
- Horror Water
- Artist: Jimi Tenor meets Kabu Kabu
- CD: Joystone (Ubiquity)
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To Celebrate Or Not To Celebrate?
In some states, for some people, this weekend is Confederate Memorial Day. As one can imagine, the whole premise of this day is pretty controversial. What keeps it going? Weekend America Guest Host Amy Scott speaks with Louisiana State University history professor Gaines Foster about the holiday.
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- Music Bridge:
- A Visit Not Measured With A Return in Kind
- Artist: Jozef Van Wissem
- CD: Stations of the Cross (Incunabulum)
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The Hank Williams Festival
In Georgiana, Ala., musicians and admirers of Hank Williams are gathering to celebrate the 27th Annual Hank Williams Festival. Weekend America checks in with the mayor of Georgiana, Lynn Watson, and then we catch up with Hank Williams's grandson in Nashville.
