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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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Belinda Thomspson, 69, wipes away tears as she tells how her brother tried to evict her from her mother's house. She spoke during a hearing on a City Council bill that would guarantee legal counsel for those facing eviction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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