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Other segments from the episode on January 20, 1988
Why You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve.
William Greider, political reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine, former assistant managing editor of The Washington Post and author of Secrets of the Temple - How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country.
David Bianculli: The Interview.
Fresh Air's Television Critic David Bianculli. Bianculli has worked as television critic at several metropolitan papers, including The Akron Beacon Journal, The Fort Lauderdale News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone and the Washington Journalism Review. He is currently the television critic for The New York Post.
Legends about Thieves Who "Get What's Coming to Them."
Jan Harold Brunvand explores the urban legend about a dead cat package that gets stolen before it reaches its resting place.
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Debunking Mozart Myths.
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