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How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007?
Iraq, the subprime crisis, Facebook, immigration, oil prices - 2007 had no shortage of hefty headlines. We'd like to hear about how these and other major news events of the past year affected you. Where did your life collide with the news in 2007?

What's your holiday performance story?
The office talent show, the neighborhood caroling posse, the school pageant ... At holiday time we often sing, dance, and dress as shepherds. Did you bloom in the warmth of your audience's adulation, or freeze up like the snowman you'd rather be building? Did your holiday performance change your life or that of someone close to you?

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Broadcast Date: March 19, 2005
Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn)
Listen IconFrom the War Zone to Back Home
It's the only part of a deployment that some soldiers look forward to: coming home. This weekend, Galva, Illinois is welcoming back their soldiers, complete with a fire truck escort and hundreds of anxious family members. Then, what happens after the tearful reunions and celebrations are over? Karma and Brad Diers were married on Valentine's Day 2004. Two days later, Brad shipped out. Separated their entire first year of marriage, Brad and Karma were reunited earlier this month. Weekend America asked them how they readjusted to life together.
Online resources:
"Guard members of 682nd battalion return home" (Video of homecoming at StarTribune.com)

Music Bridge: Happy Birth & Sweet Blue - Artist: Slowly Minute
CD: Tomorrow World (Bubble Core)
Weekend Weather
Weekend America's John Moe takes a look at weather patterns and Saturday happenings all across the country.
Online resources:
hour 1 | hour 2

Music Bridge: Beat Connection (Disco Dub Version) - Artist: LCD Soundsystem
CD: DFA compilation #2 (DFA)
Listen IconDigitally Divided
People can overcome most everything for love -- money, family, religion.but distance? Weekend America met one couple that's trying to bridge the thousands of miles between them with the help of technology. They've synchronized almost every detail of their lives and broadcast sound recordings of their days on the Internet, all in the name of love, and art.
Online resource:
Michael Mandiberg and Julia Steinmetz Web site and podcast

Independent Label Picks with Nate Chinen
Jazz Picks with Nate Chinen
Tuba players the world over can attest to the fact that their instrument might not rank high in sex appeal. But Nate Chinen of Jazz Times Magazine has a new pick from Ted Nash that takes the tuba out for a night on the town.
Nate's set list:
Sebago | Performed by Ted Nash and Odeon from the album, La Espade de la Noche (Palmetto)
Happy Jammy | Performed by Dave Holland Big Band from the album, Overtime (Dare2 Records)

Listen IconBypassed Town
Fifty years ago, if you were to drive south down the old 15-501 highway in North Carolina, about 14 miles outside of Chapel Hill you'd find yourself in the bustling mill town called Bynum. But that was before they built the bypass, sucking the life out of the town. Now only about 250 people live in Bynum. Our contributor Jordana Gustafson wandered into the Bynum General Store and met general manager Jerry Partin.

Listen IconMeditating Monk, Hidden Brainwave
The University of Wisconsin is doing a study on the effects of meditation on the brain, and it turns out that people who spend time meditating might change the way that their brains function. Reporter Rebecca Roberts discusses with host Barbara Bogaev what she found out. We'll also hear from Buddist monk and test subject Matthieu Richard.
Online resource:
More about Matthieu Ricard
Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience
The Compassionate Eye: Photography of Matthieu Ricard
Ricard's book, "The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life" is available at the Public Radio BookSource.

Music Bridge: Pollen And Spores - Artist: Secret Frequency Crew
CD: Forest of the Echo Downs (Schematic)
Marshmallow Recipe
Listen IconOpen. Dump. Stir.
John Moe can't cook, and he knows it. That's why the his favorite recipe is a mixture of marshmallows, pistachio pudding, and pineapple chunks -- the hardest part is "dump" and "stir." But what's a guy to do when his mother will only make a low-fat version and his kids decide that his favorite food is "icky?"
Online resource:
Make this dish at home

Independent Label Picks with Michael Raphael
Jazz Picks with Nate Chinen
Like a good bottle of wine, jazz is always evolving. Dave Holland started as a teenager in Miles Davis' band and now jazz critic Nate Chinen says Holland's transforming the tradition of the Big Band.
Nate's set list:
Sebago | Performed by Ted Nash and Odeon from the album, La Espade de la Noche (Palmetto)
Happy Jammy | Performed by Dave Holland Big Band from the album, Overtime (Dare2 Records)

Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn)
Listen IconA Matter of Life and Death
It's a decision that no family would ever want to make. In 1987 Nancy Cruzan was severely injured in a car accident, and her family decided that they didn't want her living in a vegetative state. Host Barbara Bogaev asked Cruzan family attorney William Colby about what life was like for the family during the ordeal and what reflections he has on the case.
Online resources:
William Colby is the author of "Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan."

Music Bridge:Density - Artist: Sam Prekop
CD: Who's Your Professor (Thrill Jockey)
Listen IconFrom Selma to Montgomery
This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the march from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama march-one of the events that convinced many Americans to fight for civil rights. Weekend America spoke with John Lewis, one of the march organizers and former CBS news reporter Murray Fromson about their recollections of the event that changed the course of the Civil Rights Movement.
Online resources:
"40th Anniversary of Selma March Celebrated" (The Washington Post)
Congressman John Lewis
Professor Murray Fromson
Selma-to-Montgomery March
National Park Service: Selma to Montgomery

Music Bridge: Seeker (The Odessa Nevi Blow) - Artist: Munk
CD: Aperitivo (Gomma)
Listen IconCapture the Flag
A hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill to send all the Confederate flags captured in the Civil War back to the South. But even today, it's still a touchy subject. Weekend America looks into the controversial history of the Confederate flag. Weekend America hosts speak with historian Steven Osman and John Coski of the Museum of the Confederacy.
Online resources:
The Museum of the Confederacy
Historic Fort Snelling
John Coski is author of "The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem"

Music Bridge: Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania Alabama Border - Artist: John Fahey
CD: Death Chants, Breakdowns, and Military Waltzes (Takoma)
Listen IconIt's No Joke
When was the last time you really had a belly laugh? There's a laughing club in Arlington, Massachusetts that helps people who aren't smiling much to laugh. Producer Chelsea Merz visited to find out if laughter is the best medicine.
Online resources:
Arlington Laughter Club
World Laughter Tour

Music Bridge: Glory 8 - Artist: Global Goon
CD: Family Glue (Audio Dregs)
Listen IconCopyrighting Clothing Is Not in Fashion
If an author really admires another's writing and puts it in his next book, that's plagiarism. Right? But if a designer likes another's hemline and uses it in his Spring collection, it's a compliment. Reporter Rick Karr has been taking a look at copyright protection in the world of fashion.
Online resources:
Ready to Share: Fashion & the Ownership of Creativity
"Control of creativity? Fashion's secret" (CSM)
United States Copyright Office

Music Bridge: Chiclete Com Banana - Artist: Gilberto Gil
CD: Samba Soul Groove (Universal)
Paul Wolfowitz
Listen IconLupine Conspiracy
This week President Bush nominated Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank. His predecessor is named Wolfinson -- does anyone else see a pattern? Guest host Matt Algeo spoke with economist Bernie Wolf about the special qualifications his name may give him in the world of international finance.

Music Bridge: Hope - Artist: Fat Freddy's Drop
CD: World 2004 (World Village)
Listen IconSouth by Los Super 7
The South by Southwest Music Festival is happening this week in Austin, Texas. Last week, music critic Alan Light featured a pick from the band Los Super 7, and this week he joins us live from the café where they'll be performing tonight.
Online resources:
South by Southwest Festival
Los Super 7 Web site
Border radio echoed in Los Super ... Several?
Tracks Magazine

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