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April 8, 2015
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Billie Holiday and the War of Drugs

April 7, 2015 - Segment 1 - Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billie Holiday. In honor of her birth, we speak to Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War, the centerpiece of which tells the tale of the ramifications of the drug war on Billie Holliday.
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March 23, 2015
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Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War

March 20, 2015 - Segment 4 - We speak with Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the American Drug War, about the US's war on drugs and the federal government's fight against Bille Holliday.
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December 10, 2014
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John Coltrane’s “Offering: Live at Temple University”

December 9, 2014 - Segment 3 - Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery shares an appreciation and review of the latest John Coltrane release, Offering: Live at Temple University. The recording documents one of Coltrane's final concerts on November 11, 1966, and offers a glimpse of where he was heading musically in the final months of his life.
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April 18, 2014
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The Girls In The Band

April 17, 2014 - Segment 4 - We talk with Judy Chalkin, producer and director of the documentary The Girls In The Band, about female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30s to the present day.
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October 31, 2013
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Ethel Ennis and Cyrus Chestnut at An Die Musik

October 31, 2013 - Segment 2 - We bring you a special musical treat – Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz Ethel Ennis will be in-studio along with her husband, writer and former Baltimore Sun reporter Earl Arnett, and pianist, songwriter, producer, and Baltimore native Cyrus Chestnut.
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