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 How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007? What's your holiday performance story? 
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Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn)   Living with PainIn the past couple of months, many painkillers have been pulled off the shelves due to safety concerns. What does that mean for people who suffer pain without them? Weekend America looks at the complicated science of pain, and what new research might tell us about treating it. Plus how one woman is coping with the chronic pain from a broken back. (Photo: Kristian Dowling / (c) Getty Images) Online resources:
Music Bridge: 9x9 - Artist: Benevento Russo Duo
CD: The Best Reason to Buy the Sun (ropeadope) The Physiology of PainScience reporter Rebecca Roberts explains the science behind pain by experimenting on guest host Alex Cohen. Music Bridge: The Move - Artist: Boom Bip
CD: Blue Eyed in the Moon (lex)
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) All in the FamilyProducer Scott Gurian wasn't thrilled about the idea of going to his family reunion. But when he got there, he found out that they were a much more interesting bunch than he expected. Music Bridge: Café Paris - Artist: Motion Trio
CD: Pictures from the Street (Indigo) 
Jazz Picks with Jason Koransky - Part 1
The Bad Plus has made a name for themselves by using unlikely melodies in their music. Downbeat magazine's Jason Koransky says they've gotten a lot of flak for their unusual style, but it's worth a listen. Jason's set list:
Feeling Blue?Bush is powering into his second term while some Democrats are wallowing in self-pity. But could some Progressives actually be getting a perverse pleasure from the Republican victories? Weekend America checks in John Nichols, Washington correspondent for the left-leaning magazine The Nation, about how he's enjoying the foibles of a second-term president. Dejected Liberals CD Track List:
I Want My Country Back - Greg Brown; Animal - Ani Difranco; I Will Survive - Cake; Here It Comes - Modest Mouse; Central Reservation - Beth Orton; e You Realize - Flaming Lips; What a World - Rufus Wainwright; My Kingdome - Bonnie Prince Billy; How Come My Heart Feels So Bad - Moby; I Guess I'm Doing Fine - Beck; Spain - Kristin Hersh; London Still - The Waifs; Method Acting - Bright Eyes; All Things Change - Syd Straw; Redemption Song - Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer; Lithuania - Dan Bern; Star Spangled Banner - Bruce Springsteen
Music Bridge: The Revolution Starts Now - Artist: Steve Earle
CD: The Revolution Starts Now (E-Squared)  Star GazingFor some, it's Tom Cruise, for others, it's Madonna; but for writer Michael Joseph Gross, there was no one more worthy of teen adoration than Ronald Reagan. Gross talks with guest host Alex Cohen about the psychology of being an extreme fan. (Photo: Robin Beck-Pool / (c) Getty Images) Online resources:
Music Bridge: Living - Artist: Hexstatic
CD: Master-View (ninja tune) 
Opening Theme: Start From Scratch - Artist: Galactic
CD: Crazyhorse Mongoose (Capricorn) Oklahoma City, A Decade LaterWhen we remember the Oklahoma City bombing, many of us recall the photograph of a firefighter cradling a lifeless child. It was the image that seemed to personify that tragedy. While it continues to be a painful reminder for the fireman and mother of the child captured on film, it has also helped to seed their friendship. The two sat down with host Bill Radke to talk about their memories of the bombing and how the photograph brought them together. (Photo: Charles H. Porter IV / AFP / (c) Getty Images) Online resources:
Tracking HateThe man responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh, was a member of an extremist militia. Guest host Alex Cohen investigates the state of domestic terror in America ten years later. Online resource:
Music Bridge: Density - Artist: Sam Prekop
CD: Who's Your Professor (thrill jockey) Walk/Don't WalkWhen you're waiting to cross a street, do you ever find yourself pounding impatiently on the button, convinced that will make the light change faster? Weekend America's Bill Radke hits the streets of Santa Monica with a traffic planner to find out the truth behind human behavior at traffic signals. Me and My PedometerProducer Nancy Farghalli loved walking the streets of New York. After moving to Los Angeles, she discovered the city wasn't so pedestrian-friendly. She got herself a pedometer to help stay in stride. What she didn't count on was how it would reveal her true nature. Music Bridge: Sommer - Artist: Robert Lippok and Barbara Morgenstern
CD: Tesri (Monika)  Will Act for DrugsDrug ads are lucrative for actors. Sure, they won't win an Oscar, but you can live off the royalties for years and years. As the FDA pulls medications off the shelves, actress Susan Isaacs began to feel the dull ache of losing work. Music Bridge: Cash'n'Carry Acid - Artist: Luke Vibert
CD: Lovers Acid (planet Mu) 
Jazz Picks with Jason Koransky - Part 2
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is a living legend. He recently released a new live album, and Downbeat Magazine's Jason Koransky dropped by to play a favorite track for host Bill Radke. Jason's set list:
 Missing MotiveBack in the old days, Perry Mason could solve a murder with motive alone. But with all the new technology used to solve crimes, has motive fallen by the wayside? Weekend America talked with a forensic scientist and a crime writer about the rivalry between motive and science. Music Bridge: Geodesic Space Dome - Artist: bitstream
CD: Domestic Economy 7 (modern love)  Poetry and PrejudicePoetry can and does relate current events. In honor of National Poetry Month, we've asked former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to share one of his works that relates to a Weekend America story. We hear his own take on prejudice, when he reads "In Defense of Allusion." (Photo: Stephen Jaffe / AFP / (c) Getty Images) Online resource:
Music Bridge: It's All Around You - Artist: Tortoise
CD: It's All Around You (thrill jockey) 
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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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