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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane

Archive for August 12th, 2011

economy,politics,world

Economic news roundup

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Hour 1 Concern over the state of the global economy sent the stock market rolling this week.  Investors were worried about the European debt crisis and a double-dip recession.  This week also brought news of the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and an announcement by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that [...]

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arts,entertainment,music

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] If the word “ukulele” conjures visions of slow, sleepy Hawaiian music, that’s just where virtuoso JAKE SHIMABUKURO wants you at the start of a show: He thrives upending the low expectations people have of his instrument. Because there’s very little about what he does on the traditional Hawaiian instrument that sounds “sleepy” [...]

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