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Music Videos

Igudesman And Joo: 'I Will Survive'

Ingudeson & Joo performing at NPR headquarters on Feb. 2, 2012.

February 13, 2012 Finding inspiration from such classical comedic forefathers as Victor Borge and P.D.Q. Bach, violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo relish overturning traditional attitudes toward classical music. Watch their performance in NPR's studio.

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Monday, January 09, 2012
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Around the Nation

Black Atlantans Struggle To Stay In Middle Class

Foster Smith (left) and his best friend, Mark Ballard (right), met when they were 12 years old. After losing his job, and his ability to make rent, Smith moved into a room in Ballard's College Park, Ga., home.

December 8, 2011 There's no question that the Great Recession has meant hard times all around, but from 2007 to 2009, it sent black America into an economic tailspin. NPR's Robert Siegel travels to Atlanta to find out what those numbers mean in the lives of real people.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Politics

Postmaster: Postal Service In Dire Straits

U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Monday that the Postal Service is in "a deep financial crisis" because it has a "business model that is tied to the past."

November 22, 2011 On Monday, U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe appealed to Congress to help him reform the Postal Service, but he rejected the bills that have passed House and Senate committees. He says they don't address the big picture.

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Monday, September 05, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Deceptive Cadence

A Tradition Shattered: Israelis Play Wagner At Bayreuth

Roberto Paternostro, the music director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra.

July 26, 2011 A precedence-shattering concert: an Israeli orchestra playing the music of Wagner — a notoriously anti-Semitic composer — at Germany's Bayreuth Festival, once one of Hitler's favorite destinations.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

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