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On this episode of All Songs: We remember Ross Shapiro of the Athens, Ga. band The Glands and play the week's best new music.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleads not guilty to corruption charges after returning from exile. He remains very popular, particularly among Thailand's rural people and urban poor for his financial and social welfare policies.

In two key votes this past week, many Republicans fell in step with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his quest for more support from younger voters and women.

Entrepreneurs in Albuquerque, N.M., the setting of the TV series Breaking Bad, have created blue "meth" rock candy, "Bathing Bad" bath products, and a tour of sites used in filming the series. That has some critics worried all the moneymaking glorifies drugs.

In This Book Is Overdue — a passionately delivered profile of a profession in the midst of transition — Marilyn Johnson argues that today's librarians are more likely to be tattoo-toting cyber-missionaries than bespectacled old ladies shushing you in the stacks.

Millions have now watched Jennifer Livingston accuse a viewer of bullying for an email he sent her about her weight.

Growing up, Victor LaValle loved reading the horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft. It wasn't until later that LaValle recognized the racism in Lovecraft's work and felt the need to respond.

Grapes that taste like cotton candy? No, it's not a GMO experiment but rather the result of good old-fashioned plant-breeding techniques. One scientist has already brought these sweet treats to the market and hopes our grape choices will one day be as varied as our apple choices.

Host Scott Simon reads from listeners' letters about stories on the Wounded Warrior project and Music Man Murray.

21st Day of 2013 / 344 Remaining58 Days Until The First Day of SpringSunrise:7:20Sunset:5:2110 Hours 1 Minute of DaylightMoon Rise:10:52pmMoon…

21st Day of 2013 / 344 Remaining58 Days Until The First Day of SpringSunrise:7:20Sunset:5:2110 Hours 1 Minute of DaylightMoon Rise:10:52pmMoon…

This story first aired on August 5, 2013 and it aired again most recently in the May 15, 2024 episode of Crosscurrents. Click the play button above to…