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Monday, May 28, 2007
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    Memorial in Sound

    For Memorial Day, Dave Isay brings a personal tribute to one American soldier killed in Iraq from his two sisters recorded at the StoryCorps booth. Also: historian Ken Davis on the Civil War origins of the holiday; a proposal for a United States Department of Peace; class conflict in African American neighborhoods; "no-impact" exercise; and astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

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Memorial in Sound

Dave Isay, public radio producer and founder of the StoryCorps oral history project, returns with a StoryCorps interview for Memorial Day.

A State of Abstinence

Ken Davis, author of the Don't Know Much About series, explains the meaning and history of Memorial Day.

Life, the Universe and Everything

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, director of the Hayden Planetarium, host of NOVA scienceNOW and author Death By Black Hole And Other Cosmic Quandaries (W.W. Norton, 2006), talks about the space elevators and the universe.

Death By Black Hole And Other Cosmic Quandaries is available for purchase at Amazon.com

Gentrification and the Black Middle Class

Mary Pattillo, professor of sociology and African-American studies at Northwestern University and author of Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City (Chicago University Press, 2007) discusses the way class differences play out within African American urban neighborhoods.

Black on the Block is available for purchase at Amazon.com

No-Impact Exercise

Colin Beavan, Brooklyn-based writer who runs a blog about his experience living a "no impact" life talks about commuting by foot.

The Department of Peace

Marianne Perez, new york media director for the Peace Alliance, discusses her organization's campaign to establish a Department of Peace.

New Yorkers for a Dept. of Peace

Step Three: The Wiki

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Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

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Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.