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Listeners Weigh In On Filmakers' Feud And More

A transgender woman identifies with the brutal beating at a Baltimore McDonald's. Listeners also weigh in on the continuing feud between filmmakers Tyler Perry and Spike Lee. Finally, host Michel Martin speaks with Tell Me More's outgoing "digital media guy" Lee Hill about his new job in Denver.

Listeners Weigh In On Filmakers' Feud And More

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Audience Reacts to Tense Conversation With Malcolm X's Daughter

Host Michel Martin and Tell Me More's "digital media guy," Lee Hill, review listeners' comments on recent conversations. These include a tragic ending for the case of missing teenager Phylicia Barnes — her body was recently found in a Maryland river. Also, listeners react to a heated conversation with the daughter of the late black leader, Malcolm X. Some say Martin crossed the line with her questioning.

Audience Reacts to Tense Conversation With Malcolm X's Daughter

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Listener Has No Sympathy For Angered D.C. Residents

In this week's "BackTalk" segment, host Michel Martin and Tell Me More's "digital media guy", Lee Hill, review listeners' comments on recent conversations. These include discussions on whether Washington, DC, residents were unfairly targeted in recent budget battles. Also, a listener in Paris, France shares her mixed feelings about a new French law banning face veils.

Listener Has No Sympathy For Angered D.C. Residents

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Listener: Abolish Feminism

Guest host Allison Keyes and Tell Me More's "digital media guy" Lee Hill review listeners' responses to a conversation about how parents handle girls dressing provocatively. They also hear listeners' views on a commentary of the academic achievement gap between girls and boys.

Listener: Abolish Feminism

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Listener: Don't Call Me Transgender

In this week's review of listeners' comments, host Michel Martin and Tell Me More's "digital media guy", producer Lee Hill tackle responses to a conversation with conservative anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly. They also hear one listener's criticism of a discussion on transgender identity.

Listener: Don't Call Me Transgender

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Listener Slams Health Care Overhaul

In this week's "BackTalk" segment, guest host Jacki Lyden and Tell Me More's "digital media guy" Lee Hill review listeners' responses to a recent conversation on the one year anniversary of President Obama's healthcare law. They also give an update on the story of Recy Taylor, who was gang-raped by a group of white men in 1944 in Alabama. The 91-year-old woman, who described her ordeal on Tell Me More, has finally received an apology from the town that refused to prosecute her case, because she was Black.

Listener Slams Health Care Overhaul

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NPR Funding Battle Stirs Audience

Host Michel Martin and the program's "digital media guy" Lee Hill review listener perspectives on attempts in Congress bar federal funding for NPR. They also hear listeners' childhood experiences with bullying following a conversation on White House efforts to prevent the practice in schools.

NPR Funding Battle Stirs Audience

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Charlie Sheen's Antics Rattle Audience

In this week's "BackTalk" segment, host Michel Martin and Tell Me More's "digital media guy," Lee Hill discuss listeners' responses to recent conversations on the antics of actor Charlie Sheen. They also discuss what listeners' have had to say about conversations on yesterday's Congressional hearing into the so-called radicalization of American Muslims.

Charlie Sheen's Antics Rattle Audience

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Listener Declares War On Fashion

In this week's "BackTalk" segment, host Michel Martin and Tell Me More's "digital media guy", producer Lee Hill, discuss listeners responses to a conversation about how unrest in Libya was affecting US gas prices and American entrepreneurs. More than a thousand people weighed in with their views, on the program's website. Martin and Hill also tackle listeners' comments on a recent discussion about zero tolerance rules in high schools.

Listener Declares War On Fashion

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Audience: Condoleezza Rice Is No Black History Hero

Host Michel Martin and producer Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," report on the critical reaction to a Black History Month tribute to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. They also offer an update on the story of Mississippi sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott. The two were recently released from prison where they were serving life sentences for a 1994 armed robbery (for which they have maintained their innocence) on condition that Gladys donate a kidney to her sister Jamie, who is on dialysis. But doctors now say both women are too overweight to proceed with the transplant.

Audience: Condoleezza Rice Is No Black History Hero

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Audience Takes Issue With Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and producer Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback to conversations heard throughout the week and offer important news updates. This week they sound off about Martin's commentary about a controversial Pepsi ad aired during the Super Bowl. Also, one listener takes issue with the program's recent interview with business and hip-hop music mogul Russell Simmons. Plus, former guest and R&B crooner El DeBarge tells fans he's entering rehab.

Audience Takes Issue With Hip-Hop Mogul Russell Simmons

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Racy MTV Show, Pepsi Super Bowl Ad Stir Audience

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Producer Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, hear why one listener disagrees with a recent guest's criticism of President Obama. Also, the audience weighs in on two controversies — a racy new teen program on MTV called "Skins" and a Super Bowl ad that some say was racially insensitive.

Racy MTV Show, Pepsi Super Bowl Ad Stir Audience

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Listener: Race A Factor In Media Coverage Of The Missing

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Producer Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," offer important news updates and comb through listener feedback to recent conversations heard on the program as well commentary. This week listeners respond to commentary on race and media coverage of missing women. Also, one listener shares how she is directly affected by the mortgage crisis, following a report that an estimated 2 million people will lose their homes to foreclosure in 2011.

Listener: Race A Factor In Media Coverage Of The Missing

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Family Of Slain Mexican Boy Sues Government

In this week's edition of "BackTalk", Tell Me More's "digital media guy," producer Lee Hill offers updates on stories covered on the program. Hill tells host Michel Martin about a new lawsuit by the family of a Mexican teenager, who was shot and killed by U-S border patrol agents last June. Also, hear which film featured on the program won big at the recent Golden Globe Awards.

Family Of Slain Mexican Boy Sues Government

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Victim Speaks Out About D.C. Subway Attack

The blogosphere continues to buzz about an online video showing the attack on Allen Haywood, a Washington, D.C., man who was assaulted by teenagers in a local subway station earlier this month. Host Michel Martin speaks to Haywood about the incident and why no one came to his aid. Tell Me More "digital media guy" Lee Hill also shares listener reaction to the video.

Victim Speaks Out About D.C. Subway Attack

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