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Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn)  A Virtual CureCombating the psychological effects of warfare can be a problem for veterans returning from Iraq. Host Bill Radke straps on virtual reality goggles to test a new treatment designed to help soldiers deal with combat stress, and he talks with military experts about the problem. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Precious Blood - Artist: Early Day Miners
CD: All Harm Ends Here (Secretly Canadian) 
It's Not Your Grandma's ManischevitzIt's hard to face a glass of Manischevitz without making a face. For the uninitiated, it's a sicky-sweet Passover classic that has given kosher wine a bad name, but as hosts Bill and Barbara learn from contributor Alex Cohen, Passover wine has come a long way. Online resources:
Indie Picks with Mark Wheat - Part 1
We'll listen to indie-rock from the band Yo La Tengo. Music critic Mark Wheat has a favorite pick from a compilation of their love songs. Mark's set list:
A Moon with a ViewIn the wee hours of Sunday morning, you just might notice a dimmer moon. "So what?" you might say. But you'd have a different view from space. Only three people have watched the Earth eclipse the sun, the crew of Apollo 12. Host Barbara Bogaev talked with astronaut Dick Gordon about the view. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Gammelpop - Artist: Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok
CD: Tesri (Monika)
Weekend Weather
Weekend America's John Moe takes a look at weather patterns and Saturday happenings all across the country. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Beat Connection (Disco Dub Version) - Artist: lcd soundsystem
CD: DFA compilation #2 (DFA) 
The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedNext week is National Turnoff TV week, and producer Jake Warga is helping to kick things off. He took his TVBGone, a device that can turn off any television, to a local bar, to demonstrate what life would be like without television. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Escape Pod - Artist: Stereolab
CD: Oscillations from the Anti Sun (Too Pure) 
Indie Picks with Mark Wheat - Part 2
When you think country music, you might not think Finnish -- as is Finland. But music guy Mark Wheat says that the Helsinki-based band Husky Rescue is out to change that. Mark's set list:
Poetry and Place: Susquehanna RiverHe's not a fisherman and he's never cast a line on the Susquehanna River, yet former Poet Laureate Billy Collins shares his poem about the experience with Weekend America. More Sense of Place:
Music Bridge: Pistola Aqua - Artist: Friends of Dean Martinez
CD: A Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory) 
Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn) When Plants InvadeWhat is native American? When it comes to the world of plants, host Barbara Bogaev learns it all comes down to a matter of language as she speaks with botanist Rick Burgess and marine biologist David Secord. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Heimwig Taqasim - Artist: DJ Rupture
CD: Special Gunpowder (tigerbeat6) The Sultana RememberedNext Wednesday marks the date of the nation's worst maritime accident, the sinking of the Sultana. If you've never heard of it, you're not alone. A half-century after its explosion, Producer Todd Jarrell talks with children of the survivors to learn why it's been forgotten. Online resources:
Treasure in a Cornfield (10/23/04)
The Sultana Disaster Online Museum Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors is available at the Public Radio BookSource. Music Bridge: Hemisphere - Artist: Ulan Bator
CD: Ego: Echo (Young God) 
Happy 431stHow would the old bard William Shakespeare look at today's news? In honor of his 431st birthday, Weekend America talks with Shakespeare scholar Steven Greenblatt about what might have inspired the playwright. Online resources:
Music Bridge: C + F - Artist: Sam Prekop
CD: Who's Your New Professor (Thrill Jockey) Chain of InfluenceIn our latest installment of the Chain of Influence series, we asked Harvard Professor Robert Coles who has most influenced his life. He didn't pick a lofty thinker or a favorite politician -- he named one of his former students, Matt Vogel. Vogel has taken a vow of poverty and serves food to the homeless in New York City, and Weekend America visited him on the job. Dejected Liberals CD Track List:
Music Bridge: Brennivin - Artist: The Album Leaf
CD: Seal Beach (Better Looking Records) 
Indie Picks with Mark Wheat - Part 3
Bands come and bands go. Austin-based Spoon had their moment in the sun, but music guy Mark Wheat says they're back in the spotlight with a new album worth listening to. Mark's set list:
Falcons FollowedWho hasn't fantasized about giving up a desk job and taking flight? Naturalist Alan Tennant and pilot George Vose don't have to. They've been tracking the migrations of Peregrine falcons all around the world. Producer Jesse Boggs tagged along for one of their flights to bring us this story -- which may soon become a Hollywood movie. (Additional support for Jesse Boggs' story comes from the Web site Hearing Voices and from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.) Online resources:
Music Bridge: Boom Bip: Micronomic Rmx - Artist: Lali Puna
CD: I Thought I Was Over That (Morr) 
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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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