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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at U.N. Headquarters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Carolyn Fortney, center, hugs her son Elias, 11, during a press conference in the state Capitol Building on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in support of legislation that would change the statute of limitations for child sex crimes. Carolyn is one of five sisters in the Fortney family to suffer from abuse by a priest. Others in the photograph are Judy Deaven, left, whose son Joey Behe was abused by a priest and died of an overdose in 2015; Carolyn's sister Patty Fortney-Julius, i stripped shirt, who was also abused, and the sisters' father, Edward Fortney, right. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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In this July 29, 2018, photo, rookie Democratic candidate Lauren Underwood greets supporters at the opening of her campaign office in St. Charles, Ill., 100 days before the midterm election. (Teresa Crawford/AP)
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Is the record number of women candidates a 2018 blip — or a lasting trend?

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 Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
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