Jonathan Capehart fills in for Leonard. He’ll speak with Mike Lofgren on what’s wrong with Washington D.C. Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman discuss the new play “Bullet for Adolf.” We'll find out about the life and times of the writer Lillian Hellman. Our latest Underreported segments look at the strange state of the East Coast’s lobster fishery at and the growing Syrian refugee crisis.
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For this New Sounds listen to new works for lots of drums and other things to beat on, especially the University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble playing music by Graham Fitkin, from a recent recording, "Vespertine Formations." Also, there's music for percussion based on American minimalism, and works informed by Indonesian gamelan. Plus, listen to music from Swedish jazz drummer/composer Bengt Berger inspired by Ghanaian funeral drumming.
