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KRCC has volunteer opportunities available for individuals who want to support the station through their related skills, time, and commitment to excellence in public radio. Volunteer opportunities are based on station needs. When positions are available, KRCC will review volunteer applications and then interview, voice test, and select potential candidates. Successful candidates will attend training classes that are generally held in October or March. If you are interested in contributing to KRCC’s volunteer efforts, feel free to fill out your application today (KRCC On-Air Volunteer PDF 191k) and bring it in person to the station!

 

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Scientific Tooth Fairies Investigate Neanderthal Breast-Feeding
May 23, 2013 | NPR · Our closest relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, breast-feed their offspring for several years. Some baby orangutans nurse until they are 7 years old. Researchers found a way to test ancient teeth for clues about when humans cut nursing short.
 

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Judge: Unredeemed Borders Gift Cards Are Worthless
May 22, 2013 | NPR · A Manhattan judge upholds a lower court ruling that $210 million worth of unredeemed gift cards from the defunct book chain are no longer valid.
 

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Lois Lerner’s Brief And Awful Day On Capitol Hill
May 22, 2013 | NPR · The IRS bureaucrat showed up long enough at a House hearing into the scandal engulfing her agency to declare her innocence and her constitutional right to say no more.
 

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Courtesy Ai Weiwei
China’s Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
May 22, 2013 | NPR · In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he’s released a song that’s turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
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Cannes Diary: Delusions Of ‘Gatsby’ (And Dreams Of Notoriety)
May 22, 2013 | NPR · All is Gatsbyish excess on the Croisette, where the Cannes Film Festival’s early tone might well have been set by Baz Luhrmann’s lavish film — and by Sofia Coppola’s accomplished The Bling Ring.
 

Styling The NBA
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Basketball star Carmelo Anthony is known off the court for his signature fashion flare. Host Michel Martin speaks with his stylist, Khalilah Williams-Webb, about what goes into dressing Anthony and other high-profile clients.
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Music

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Kobo Town: A Haunted ‘Jukebox’ Filled With Caribbean Sounds
May 22, 2013 | NPR · The Toronto-based band plays a hybrid of old-school calypso, ska and other West Indian styles. But the new album Jumbie in the Jukebox doesn’t so much revive classic genres as reinvent them for a new time.
 

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Henri Dutilleux, Leading French Composer, Dies At 97
May 22, 2013 | NPR · The composer, who never fit into any particular school of composition, will be remembered for a relatively small quantity of perfectly realized, richly textured works created for some of the 20th century’s leading virtuosos.
 

Courtesy Ai Weiwei
China’s Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
May 22, 2013 | NPR · In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he’s released a song that’s turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

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