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Broadcast Date: May 15, 2004
Music Bridge: Start from Scratch
Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Volcano)

Photo by Muntada al-Ansar via Getty Images
The Undeniable Power of Image
This week, in the wake of Abu Ghraib and Nicholas Berg, we want to know why images are so central to what and how we remember. We explore the power of the image with two documentary filmmakers and an author who looks at the history of images of war.

<< Photo gallery of this and other memorable images from our past.

Related Web site: David Dimitri Perlmutter Bio
Related Web site: The American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till
Department of Justice Web site: The Federal Government to Investigate the Murder of Emmett Till
Music Bridge: Blossom Time
Artist: Loren Conners & David Grubbs
CD: Arborvitae (Hapna)
Too Close to Home, Too Close for Comfort...
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week called the abuse of Iraqi prisoners "fundamentally un-American." But human rights groups claim similar abuses are all too common in American jails and prisons. We talk to investigative journalist Mike Gray, who's written a book about a case of alleged torture by Chicago police.
Book link: Mike Gray's book "The Death Game: Capitol Punishment and the Luck of the Draw"
Music Bridge: Sculpture
Artist: Skalpel
CD: Skalpel (Ninja Tune)

Candi Staton

"Candi Staton, Where Have You Been?"
She's the best soul singer you've probably never heard of. After topping the R&B charts in the seventies, she dropped out of mainstream music to pursue a gospel career. Now she's back in the spotlight with a new collection of reissues from the Golden Age of soul at FAME Studios. We hear some of her music and her stories, and find out why the critics are so happy she's back.
Interview outtake 1: Listen to Candi Staton talk about Fame Records and Muscle Shoals
Interview outtake 2: Listen: Is it love or just Lou Rawls?
Related Web site: FAME Studios
Related Web site: More about Candi Staton
Related Web site: www.candi-staton.com
CD Link: The reissue, "Candi Staton," is available at the Public Radio MusicSource.
Music Bridge: I'd Rather Be An Old Man Sweetheart, Too Hurt to Cry, In the Ghetto
Artist: Candi Staton
CD: Candi Staton (Honest Jons/Astralwerks)
Listening Post: Schools Minus Segregation
Monday is the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, and communities around the country are looking back at the ruling that ended decades of school segregation. For this week's Listening Post, we talk to Bill Rice at WCPN in Cleveland, a city that's seen three decades of court battles over busing programs.
Station Resource: Today's Listening Post was produced in cooperation with Weekend America station partner WCPN 90.3 FM, .
Music Bridge: Afrique
Artist: Cuica
CD: City to City (Ubiquity)

Nadee & Co.
Credit: S. Sepehr Bebe
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Live Event: The Persian Puppeteer
This week, we're checking in at the Seattle International Children's Festival. In its 18th year, it's the largest children's festival in the U.S., with 40,000 kids expected by the end of the week. We'll go backstage to talk with a Persian puppeteer as she waits for the curtain to rise.
Web Resource: Seattle International Children's Festival Web site
Related Article: "International Children's Festival sends a party invitation to the grown-ups"
Station Resource: Today's Listening Post was produced in cooperation with Weekend America station partner KUOW 94.9 FM, Seattle, Wa.
Skerker the Soothsayer of Weekend Weather ...
Ben Skerker's brief survey of events and weather.
"Troy" (Why Bigger Isn't Always Better!)
This week's big release is literally of epic proportions. But is Troy any good? We bring you the hype, the critics, and audience reactions.
Web Resource: Official Troy Web site
Web Resource: Movie reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
E-Voting -- Is This a Hackers Dream?
Electronic voting may be the answer to hanging chads, but the controversy over e-voting has been mounting since the first machines were introduced. We asked our election correspondent Richard Paul to look at the security of one popular e-voting system.
Music Bridge: Bosco's Disposable Driver
Artist: Flanger
CD: Midnite Soul (Ntone)

Blue Moon installation
Photo: Creative Time

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A Manhattan Soundscape, in a New York Minute
If you could turn all the noise of New York into one soundscape, what would you hear? Sound artists are converging on New York for the experimental New Sound New York Festival. Jocelyn Gonzales talks to artists and locals about a piece called Blue Moon.
Artist's Web site: www.o-a.info
Related Web site: www.timeoutny.com
Related Web site: www.creativetime.org
Just a Couple of Guys - Named Lewis and Clark
Two hundred years ago yesterday, Lewis and Clark embarked on their famous journey down the Missouri River at a place near St. Louis. We mark the occasion with historical re-creator Roger Wendlick, a former heavy equipment operator who spent thirty years collecting Lewis and Clark souvenirs.
Music Bridge: Frost Heaves
Artist: Jay Farrar
CD: Soundtrack to The Slaughter Rule (Bloodshot)
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