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The Middle Distance 5/24/13: At Their Own Hands

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The Middle Distance 5.24.13: At Their Own Hands

As Memorial Day approaches, far too many American families are not thinking about what they’ll cook on the grill, but how they will remember their military dead, particularly the growing number who died at their own hands, of suicide.

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Robert Adams: Photographs of a Changing Landscape

On May 22, 2013 By

Colorado College student Sarah Kelsey worked with Jessica Hunter-Larsen, curator of the IDEA space, and a fellow student, Jeffrey Moore, to curate an exhibit of one-time CC Professor Robert Adams’ photographs documenting the West’s changing landscape. Born in New Jersey in 1937, Adams spent part of his childhood in Denver, only returning to Colorado [...]

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Faces for Radio Revisited: KRCC Spirit Muppets

On May 8, 2013 By

While joking with the NPR folks is always fun, our own public radio mugs deserve another look. Our special Henson H915 camera reveals our inner Muppet or Sesame Street character for your enjoyment. Maybe they’ll make you laugh…or just make you pitiful. Either way, we hope you’ll keep allowing us to make public [...]

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Any thing that is “strang.”

On March 28, 2013 By

It’s hard to imagine that a person who makes books would be glad that the author and book are dead. But such is the “strang” world of Aaron Cohick, The Printer of The Press at Colorado College and the proprietor of the New Lights Press. (The title of the show, as it were, comes [...]

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The Middle Distance 3/1/13: I Spy

On March 1, 2013 By

The Middle Distance 3.1.13: I Spy

When I was 9, I decided to be a spy. This was not what I wanted to be when I grew up, but right then and there, in my sleepy, southern Kentucky hometown where it seemed nothing ever happened except in books.

This was 1964, and [...]

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Court Rules That Arizona Sheriff Engages In Racial Profiling
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s department violated the rights of Latinos in its crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge says, issuing an injunction against the practice.
 

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Toronto Mayor: ‘I Do Not Use Crack Cocaine’
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Rob Ford responded to a video that surfaced last week that The Toronto Star says appears to show him smoking the drug.
 

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Obama’s Terrorism Fight Is Colored Gray, Not Black And White
May 24, 2013 | NPR · If President Obama’s newly recalibrated counterterrorism strategy demonstrates anything, it is his penchant for nuance.
 

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More Time Together, Though ‘Midnight’ Looms
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return for the third in Richard Linklater’s loosely peerless Before series, and they’ve never been more persuasive — nor has the storytelling. (Recommended)
 

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A Race Against Time To Find WWI’s Last ‘Doughboys’
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In 2003, Richard Rubin set out to talk to every American veteran of World War I he could find. With help from the French, he tracked down dozens of centenarian vets and recorded their stories in a new book called The Last of the Doughboys.
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The Great Charcoal Debate: Briquettes Or Lumps?
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Does the kind of charcoal you use really make a difference when it comes to grilling up a tasty steak or other food on the grill? Yes — but deciding which one to use depends on what you’re after. Both briquettes and lump charcoal — aka “natural” hardwood charcoal — have their advantages and disadvantages.
 

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First Listen Live: Queens Of The Stone Age, ‘…Like Clockwork’
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Josh Homme presides over a dense, textured, unpredictable sound that’s equal parts mystery, intensity, beauty and bluster. QOTSA performed …Like Clockwork in its entirety, plus an assortment of older material, in a sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.
 

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Overmountain Men On Mountain Stage
May 24, 2013 | NPR · The folk group brings a fresh sense of wonder to classic bluegrass sounds. Hear three songs from Overmountain Men, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.
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Kobo Town: A Haunted ‘Jukebox’ Filled With Caribbean Sounds
May 24, 2013 | NPR · The Toronto band plays a mix of old-school calypso, ska and West Indian styles. But its new album, Jumbie in the Jukebox, doesn’t so much revive classic genres as reinvent them for a new time.
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