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Other segments from the episode on January 8, 1988
Moses Rascoe's Country-Blues.
Country blues guitarist Moses Rascoe will perform a few songs.
Geoffrey Nunberg: The Interview.
Fresh Air's language commentator Geoffrey Nunberg.
A Musical with Dazzling Numbers and other Home Video Releases.
Critic Ken Tucker reviews a new home video release of the 1946 movie "The Harvey Girls." It stars Judy Garland and Ray Bolger and features dazzling musical numbers such as "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe."
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