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Music Heard on the Air for July 3, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Tunes played throughout our program today include: Samuel Yirga, Gypsophilia, Femi Kuti, Appalatin and The Soil.

New Podcast: ‘Chatter From America’ Featuring Stephen Merchant

Passengers Wait Patiently as Airlines Prepare

Arts, Culture & Media

A Nigerian Royal ‘Mum’ On The Royal Wedding

The World

World Cup 2010: rooting for South Africa in New York

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Takeouts: USAID, NFL, civil rights on MLK day

Arts, Culture & Media

Weekday, morning drive-time, live news program for engaged listeners (ongoing)

The World

Takeouts: the week, Congress, Haitian community

Global Politics

GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK: Our regulary segment with The Week Magazine. We reflect on the past seven days to see who had a good week and who didn’t. We’ll take your nominees anytime. CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Lawmakers, labor leaders, and President Obama were on Capitol Hill last nigth saying significant progress has been made towards a final […]

The World

Investing in yourself: the job club

The Takeaway’s Femi Oke joined a networking club to meet job hunters who’ve decided they need to spend some money to land their next job.

The World

Takeouts: Dubai finances, party crashers, Black Friday lines

Global Politics

WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Julie Mason, White House correspondent for The Washington Examiner, discusses the security aspects of some high profile party crashers who snuck past the Secret Service and into the big tent of the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night. FINANCIAL TAKEOUT: The New York Times’ Louise Story discusses the tremors in world financial markets […]

The World

Is fired the new retired?

The latest unemployment numbers are out, and buried in those data are startling numbers of older workers who are being hit hard by the rise in unemployment. We talk with The New York Times’ Louise Story and correspondent Femi Oke.