11:08am

Tue June 18, 2013
Next on City Visions: June 24, 2013

Bridging the Opportunity Divide in the Bay Area

What happens to young people in the Bay Area with no college degree? How can they navigate a labor market that demands high tech skills without adequate education or training? Next Monday, producer and guest host Victoria Thorp and guests will explore new strategies for addressing the opportunity divide in the Bay Area. Join us -- and share your experiences with this often mismatched job market -- on City Visions by calling during the show at (415) 841-4134, or post your comments here anytime. Monday evening at 7.

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10:57am

Tue June 18, 2013
Music Interviews

Samberg, Taccone And Schaffer: Three's Not A Lonely Island

Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 10:11 am

10:49am

Tue June 18, 2013
The Two-Way

The House Hearing On NSA Surveillance In 3 Audio Clips

Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 2:21 pm

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  • Deputy Attorney General James Cole
  • NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander

Administration officials defended the government's surveillance programs before the the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today.

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10:43am

Tue June 18, 2013
Music Reviews

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Making Old Songs New Again

Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 12:46 pm

Credit J.R. Photography / Courtesy of the artist

Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant was born in Miami to French and Haitian parents, and started singing jazz while living in Paris. Back in the U.S., she won the Thelonious Monk vocal competition in 2010. The 23-year-old's first album, WomanChild, is now out — and few jazz debuts by singers or instrumentalists make this big a splash.

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10:00am

Tue June 18, 2013
Shots - Health News

How To Make Museums More Inviting For Kids With Autism

Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 9:33 am

Credit Courtesy of Noelle Murphy

Last January, Noelle Murphy and her family were on their way to the Please Touch Museum for children in Philadelphia. Right before they arrived, 3-year-old Dylan had an accident.

"He wet himself," Murphy said, "And we were thinking, 'Oh no, how are we going to deal with this?' "

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9:51am

Tue June 18, 2013
Parallels

With Inspiration From Turkey, Brazil Discovers Mass Protests

Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 10:40 am

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They are young, they are angry and they have drawn inspiration from protest movements a world away in places like Turkey and the Middle East.

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets across the country Monday night, and more demonstrations are slated for the coming week. Brazil doesn't have a history of this kind of mass dissent, but it seems to be catching on very quickly.

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9:15am

Tue June 18, 2013
It's All Politics

6 Things We Just Learned About The IRS Scandal

Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 10:24 am

Credit J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Hundreds of pages of transcribed interviews reveal that IRS employees in Washington were involved at an early stage in the improper targeting of Tea Party groups — but at least so far the trail stops well short of the White House.

Based on interviews with two longtime IRS employees working in the Cincinnati field office, there's no smoking gun, no direct connection to the Obama administration or even any indication that those involved in the flagging of conservative groups had political motives.

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9:06am

Tue June 18, 2013
The Two-Way

Boston Tops Chicago In Game 3 Of NHL's Stanley Cup

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The Boston Bruins have taken the lead in the NHL's Stanley Cup championships, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 Monday night in Boston. Interestingly, last night wasn't a tense, drawn-out reprise of Games 1 and 2 and did not require an overtime.

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9:05am

Tue June 18, 2013

8:58am

Tue June 18, 2013
Education

New Report Finds Many Teachers Aren't Ready To Teach

Transcript

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. If you are a parent, you might be breathing a sigh of relief or already tearing your hair out trying to find things for the kids to do. Yes, it's that time. It's summer. One thing you'll probably want them to do, though, is keep reading. So our moms roundtable will pass on some of their tried and true methods for getting even reluctant readers to keep reading through the summer. That's coming up later in the program.

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