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The Occupy Student Debt movement is urging a mass default on student loans. Plus: Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee on a women's peace movement in Liberia. Then: Frances Moore Lappe and he...

Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins have both released debut solo albums. But, some critics think these Oscar winners should keep their day jobs. Today, we throw both actor-albums into the ring for a Smackdown. Plus: a performance from Steven Wilson, founder of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree.

This is a repeat edition of Soundcheck.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

Jelly Roll Morton identified “the Latin tinge” as a major component in the development of jazz.  Now, the rhythms and sounds of Latin music can be heard in the long-awaited Malian-Cuban collaboration that was meant to take place when the Buena Vista Social Club was born – “AfroCubism.”