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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. as an 'organizer of the people'
by Tonya Mosley
Scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate King on the same day that President Donald Trump is sworn into office.
With 'Some Kind Of Tomorrow' 2 Jazz Musicians Improvise Together Over Zoom
by Kevin Whitehead
Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and bassist Mark Helias play together in a new remotely recorded digital album. These seasoned improvisers line up just right, despite the recording challenges.
Biden's Plan To Undo Trump's Last-Minute Deregulatory Spree & Enact A Climate Agenda
by Terry Gross
Trump called climate change a hoax. Biden calls it an existential threat. Washington Post journalist Juliet Eilperin talks about how Biden might reverse some of his predecessor's policies.
Folk Musician Peter Stampfel Pays Homage To 100 Favorite Songs On '20th Century'
by Ken Tucker
A new five-CD set features Stampfel's recording of a favorite song for each year of the last century. The resulting collection is a wonderful survey of popular music — as well as lots of great fun.
Remembering Neil Sheehan, Vietnam War Correspondent Who Revealed The Pentagon Papers
by Terry Gross
Sheehan, who died Jan. 7, broke the story of the Pentagon Papers and wrote A Bright Shining Lie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Vietnam War. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Remembering Screenwriter William Link, Co-Creator Of 'Columbo,' 'Murder She Wrote'
by Terry Gross
Link, who died Dec. 27, worked with Richard Levinson to write classic TV shows, as well as groundbreaking TV movies about social issues. Originally broadcast in 1989.