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Weekend America's theme music was composed by Galactic
 Is Sorry Ever Enough?This week, Edgar Killen was sentenced for manslaughter, but he never apologized or showed remorse. Weekend America host Bill Radke talks with a pastor in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Reverend William Young, about forgiveness. Then, Weekend America guest host Alex Cohen finds out more about apologies from Dr. Fred Luskin, director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, and ethicist and litigation strategist Lee Taft. Online resources:
> Fred Luskin book, Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness , is available at the Public Radio BookSource.
> Learn more about Dr. Fred Luskin > Lee Taft can be reached at leetaft@earthlink.net > Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance > Read Bill Radke's thoughts about his interview with Reverend William Young in the Weekend America blog. Music Bridge: Lung - Pedro
CD: Melodic Today Compilation (Melodic) Deep ImpactWhat's inside a comet? NASA hopes to find out when project Deep Impact takes a sample from one on July 4. Weekend America correspondent Rebecca Roberts talks with an investigator on the project, Peter Schultz of Brown University. Online resources:
 World Music: Fanfare CiocarliaMusic critic Tom Pryor shares a global pick from a remote region of Romania. It's gypsy music from Fanfare Ciocarila. Online resources:
Parents Say the Darndest ThingsWeekend America contributor Ann Randolph moved back in with her parents. But some days she's not sure if she can go the distance. It's all she can do to keep her mother from using handicap spaces -- illegally. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Adowa - Artist: The Claudia Quintet
CD: I, Claudia (Cuneiform) Chain of InfluenceYou never know whom you touch in this life. In the latest link of our chain of people who influenced others, Weekend America host Bill Radke talks with literature professor Baruch Hochman. He inspired religion scholar Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. Online resources:
 World Music: Emmanuel JalWhat's up with African hip-hop? Tom Pryor brings the latest world music from Emmanuel Jal. He's a former child soldier and a refugee from Sudan. Online resources:
Weekend WeatherWeekend America's Hank Rosenfeld 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) Drive-In MemoriesSome people are obsessed with movies. Jennifer and her brother Kipp are obsessed with seeing movies outdoors. Weekend America guest host Alex Cohen finds out what's so great about drive-ins. Online resources:
Guerilla TheaterWant to see a movie on a moment's notice? Bryan Kennedy can help. He organizes spontaneous drive-ins. Weekend America host Bill Radke talks with Bryan about what you can do with a sheet, a car battery and a dream. Online resources:
Weekend America's theme music was composed by Galactic
What is a human organism?Weekend America host Barbara Bogaev puts this question to Dr. William Hurlbut. The Stanford Bioethics professor has a new proposal that could redefine stem cell research. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Tilijem's Forrest - Artist: Nobody
CD: And Everything Else (Plug Research) Website of the WeekIt's the biggest merger since AOL and Time Warner, but on a much smaller scale: the combination of maps and information. American Public Media web developer Chris Spurgeon explains the latest revolution on the web. Online resources:
> Where 2.0 conference: Conference this coming week in San Francisco dealing with location aware technologies
> Dodgeball.com: Website that lets you tell your friends where you are > Google maps: A brilliantly designed, easy to use map > Instructions on how to use google maps > Chicago crime map: An independent interactive map showing the location of all crimes in Chicago > Geobloggers.com: Just what the name says... geographically linked blogging > More web picks in our Science & Technology section A Noble ExperimentWikipedia is a collaborative online encyclopedia founded by Jim Wales. Visitors add their own entries. In that tradition, the Los Angeles Times asked readers to contribute to an editorial, but the Wiki-torial didn't work as planned. Weekend America host Bill Radke talks with Jim about wiki and the newspaper's ill-fated experiment. Online resources:
When the Chips Are DownJack Kilby was a pioneer in the microchip revolution and changed the way we live. The Nobel Prize-winning engineer died last week at the age of 81. We pay tribute to him as Weekend America correspondent Ian Chillag tries to get through the day without using a chip. Online resources:
Music Bridge: Notions of Slow and Fast are Set at Naught - Artist: Portbale
CD: Version (Scape) Walk This WayYellow arrows are turning up all over New York City. But there's a method to the madness. Producers Kara Oehler and Ann Heppermann go on tour with some "archers" to find out what the stickers are all about. Online resources:
What Are You Afraid Of...Two people are walking down the street. Who's more afraid -- the follower or the followed? Sound artist Jonathan Mitchell explores the power of fear. Primal FearsMystery fiction writer SJ Rozan understands the criminal mind. She knows that fear motivates crime. Weekend America host Bill Radke explores the power of the imagination and talks with Rozan about what scares us all. Online resources:
Music Bridge: 9.01-9.06 - Artist: Laurent Garnier
CD: The Cloud Making Machine (Mute) Weekend WeatherWeekend America's Hank Rosenfeld 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) From the Mouths of BabesArtist Miranda July just directed her first film, Me and You and Everyone We Know. During the film shoot, she bonded with her young co-star, seven-year-old Brandon Ratcliff. He gives her advice about the business. Online resources:
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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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