Terry Gross

June 20, 2022

43:30

Rhiannon Giddens sings slave narratives

Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African American story: the banjo. Originally broadcast May 11, 2017.

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Rhiannon Giddens

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June 17, 2022

12:13

Remembering character actor Philip Baker Hall

Hall, who died June 12, appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films Boogie Nights and Magnolia. He also played a cop on the trail of overdue library books on Seinfeld. Originally broadcast in 2003.

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Philip Baker Hall

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June 17, 2022

29:50

'On Juneteenth' historian examines the hope and hostility toward emancipation

Juneteenth celebrates the day slavery ended in Texas, June 19, 1865. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed studies the early American republic and the legacy of slavery. Originally broadcast May 25, 2021.

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Annette Gordon-Reed

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Rhiannon Giddens sings slave narratives

Remembering character actor Philip Baker Hall

'On Juneteenth' historian examines the hope and hostility toward emancipation

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