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Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn)  21st Century Homestead ActBright lights and Kansas corn fields? Some small Midwestern towns are anxious to lure young people back from the big cities. What would it take to get hip twenty-somethings to flood back to the heartland? Weekend America brainstormed some ideas with an advertising firm and a Disney Imagineer. Online resources:
 Kansas Land RushA Kansas official has a solution to the Midwestern brain drain: she's offering free land to anyone who will come and build a house in her county. Online resources:
Music Bridge: O Kentucky - Artist: Papa M
CD: Three Songs (Drag City)
Music Bridge: Elephants - Artist: Japancakes
Weekend Weather
Weekend America's John Moe takes a look at weather patterns and Saturday happenings all across the country. Weather reports:
Music Bridge: Beat Connection (Disco Dub Version) - Artist: LCD Soundsystem
CD: DFA compilation #2 (DFA) Stacks Behind BarsInmates have a lot of time on their hands. William Campbell, an avid reader who's serving 8 years in the Martha's Vineyard jail, spends most of his days in the prison library with a good book. Produced by Chelsea Merz. Music Bridge: Quiz - Artist: Skalpel
CD: Skalpal (Ninja Tune) Chain of InfluenceWeekend America is linking Americans through the people who influence them. We started with poet Ted Kooser and now we've come to Peter Kramer. He's the author of a book called "Listening to Prozac." Follow the chain of influence yourself:
Music Bridge: Morning Coffee - Artist: Lullatone
CD: Little Songs About Raindrops (Audio Dregs)
Music Picks with Tom Pryor
What's the musical equivalent of putting a punk teenager in a Hawaiian shirt and a pair of Bermuda shorts? The group Nouvelle Vague has a new album that takes some of the biggest songs of the 80's and sets them to Bossanova beats. Other picks include: Version City Rockers, Paris Combo and Manuel Guajiro Mirabal. Tom's set list:
 Love Will Tear Us Apart | Nouvelle Vague from the album, Nouvelle VaguePrête à Porter | Paris Combo from the album, Motifs (DRG)El Rincon Caliente | Manuel Guajiro Mirabal from the album, Buena Vista Social Club Presents (Nonesuch)Sing And Pray To Jah | Version City Rockers from the album, Darker Roots (antifaz)Bubbie's CookiesProducer Sara Lerner's grandmother used to make the most unforgettable multi-colored butter cookies. Sara's working to keep the cookies flowing. She has all the ingredients -- Bubbie's recipe and plenty of hungry relatives. Online resource:
Nuclear NostalgiaWhat did Americans hear on their radios when the nuclear bomb was being tested? Weekend America visited a museum with relics from the testing of the nuclear bomb that's opening this weekend in Las Vegas. Online resource:
DownwindersWhen Jay Truman was a kid, he played "Atomic War" instead of "Cowboys and Indians." He grew up downwind, 90 miles from a test site. He talked with Barbara Bogaev about his memories from childhood and what it's like to watch nuclear tensions escalate around the world. Online resource:
Music Bridge: False Face - Artist: Pit Er Pat
CD: Shakey (Thrill Jockey) What Are Whickies?There's a 1919 letter that said love "grows on me like whickies... everyday a new little crop of loves." It sounds charming enough, but what does it mean? Bill Radke is determined to find out. Related story:
Music Bridge: You Set My Face On Fire - Artist: Global Goon
CD: Family Glue (Audio Dregs) Young MayorsPresident Bush is pushing Social Security reform hard. It won't change much for older Americans, but what about America's younger set? Barbara Bogaev talked with two budding politicians about this and other the challenges they'll face in the future: Richard Carlbom, mayor of St. Joseph, Minnesota; Josh Roberts, mayor of West Union, South Carolina. Music Bridge: Crevette Le Bandit - Artist: Billy Mahonie
CD: Bucolique Vol. 1 (Arbouse) Website of the WeekWeekend America's web guy, Chris Spurgeon, delves into the world of museum websites. Museums mentioned:
Bookstore UpdatePresident's Day is Monday, so does that mean that books about our country's forefathers will be flying off the shelves? Bill Radke called two bookstores across the country to find out. Online resource:
Music Bridge: Rag - Artist: Giant Sand
CD: It's All Over The Map (Thrill Jockey)  Through My God's EyesChristianity and "The Simpsons" make for strange bedfellows. Producer Heather McElhatton asked an evangelical Christian to imagine how the show might look through the eyes of the God she believes in. Related story:
Music Bridge: Si Paloma - Artist: Sun Kill Moon
CD: Ghosts of the Great Highway (Badman) 
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Weekend Weather
From the July 5 broadcast
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Awful Car Night
Auburn, N.Y.
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National Brewery Museum Opening Ceremony
Potosi, Wis.
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Sand Sculpture Contest
Bruce, S.D.
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Oregon Coast Geezer Games
Newport, Ore.
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Annual Coolest Fourth of July Celebration
Fort Davis, Texas
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Maui Invitational Band Festival and Blues Fest
Wailuku, Hawaii
 
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