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Bill Kovach and Clayborne Carson, editors of a new anthology of writing about the civil rights movement, tell how James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, Gordon Parks and many others captured the struggle for equality. We’ll find how curators and conservators are preserving digital art. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about exploring race and identity in her latest novel, Americanah. Jeff Guin talks about interviewing Charles Manson’s sister and cousin to trace the roots of the infamous murderer’s criminal career.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

David Kramer, the president of Freedom House, talks about the state of U.S. – Russia relations since the Edward Snowden affair. Plus: a federal women’s prison in Danbury, CT is changi...

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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.

In this episode: Hugh Laurie is best known as the star of the former Fox drama "House," which wrapped last year. But since the release of his debut album called Let Them Talk in 2011, he’s also made a name for himself as a blues musician. He joins us to talk about his followup to that record, called Didn’t It Rain.

Plus: Beth Orton made her name in the ‘90's by setting her folk songs to electronics and beats, creating the genre eventually dubbed "folktronica." She joins us (along with her husband, Sam Amidon, and pianist Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett) to play some songs off of her latest record, Sugaring Season. 

And: We hear more of your best – or worst – karaoke experiences. Tell us yours at (866) 939-1612. 

Hear music made using noise gates on this New Sounds program.  How does it work?  Basically, when open, a gate allows you to hear the sound behind it, but when closed, you don’t.  (Here’s a handy tutorial about gates.) Listen to music from A. Leroy (Dick Connette) as he takes a recording of a Mardi Gras Indian song and through the use of gating, turns it into a rhythm track.  Also, hear Joshua Fried’s musical shoes, as played with drumsticks in the service of Linda Fisher’s piece, “Big Mouth,” featuring cartoon music and sound effects, from a live performance recorded back in 1990.