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By Lauren Mookhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-915238.mp3Buffalo, NY – The 6th Annual Buffalo Infringement Festival…

Jay Z: The Fresh Air Interview

On Thursday, Jay Z became the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. We'll listen back to his 2010 conversation with Terry Gross. Originally broadcast Nov. 16, 2010.

CNN's Jake Tapper On Kellyanne Conway And Knowing When To Cut People Off

The CNN anchor is nominated for an Emmy for his live interview with Conway. He talked about that interview and the SNL spoof of him and Conway in a 2018 conversation with Terry Gross.

'Shop Talk': Tea Party Battles 'Occupy Wall Street'

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain surges to the top of the polls. The Tea Party is launching a counter-offensive against the Occupy Wall Street movement. And Detroit sports teams are enjoying exceptional seasons. Weighing in are the Barbershop guys: author Jimi Izrael, attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, columnist Ruben Navarratte and political science professor Lester Spence.

In this Aug. 5, 1978 file photo, Mark Zanatian, one of the children endangered by the Love Canal Chemicals under 99th Street, waves a banner in protest during a neighborhood protest meeting in Niagara Falls, N.Y. New York's top court ruled Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 that the state can require polluted Superfund sites to be returned to pre-industrial conditions, a win for environmentalists. The Court of Appeals says the state Department of Environmental Conservation can require polluters to restore sites to a level the judges call "complete cleanup." (AP)

Poison in the water: When the Reagan administration’s EPA met resistance from its own staff

Ronald Reagan wants a leaner government with fewer regulations and much less spending. So, he hired Anne Gorsuch to lead Environmental Protection Agency — a move that seeded concerns about regulatory capture.

Theater Talk: LES MIS and PATSY CLINE are non-holiday delights in mostly Christmas Theatre District

About half of the current theater in town is Christmas inspired, but not all, and that includes Buffalo's "Theatre District" starting with Shea's 710's…

Voters cast ballots Tuesday at the Park Tavern polling station in Atlanta.

When Will We Know The Winner? Time Frames For Key States

Here's how much longer it will take to count the votes in the remaining key states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.

Theater Talk: Diversity in America is theme of seven Buffalo productions

Of all the arts, theater often embraces diversity first. America's struggle to diversify is a strong theme in the ongoing PIPELINE at Ujima and LADIES…

President Biden spoke to participants in the Summit for Democracy from a soundstage that the White House has set up for such virtual events.

Why Biden is hosting more than 100 countries to talk about democracy

The White House wants to boost global commitments to human rights and fighting corruption. But as the summit convenes, American democracy itself is under pressure.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday.

Trump escalates racist rhetoric and plays on white grievance at recent rallies

The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.

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