What’s Making Me Happy This Week IIISpraynard live on NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse ThornI’m at a weird point in my life where I fall for punk bands recommended on NPR shows.Spraynard play the kind of emotional pop punk that will forever have a special place in my heart and mind. Brilliant. Check out their great album …
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Last week on NPR’s Bullseye, host Jesse Thorn talked with Jeff Chang, author of the new book Who We Be: The Colorization of America, about culture and art, the history of multiculturalism in the US, the rise of ethnic studies, microaggressions in Berkley, the LA riots, hip hop, and more. It’s a great, in-depth conversation …
Jesse Thorn’s interview with Mavis Staples on Bullseye is a treat. In a stunning conversation, Staples talks about her life and work, from growing up singing gospel in churches with her family as the Staple Singers, traveling through the Jim Crow South, meeting Martin Luther King and getting involved in the movement, finding secular success …
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