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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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Science and the Fourth of July

Happy Birthday, America! From the very beginning, science has shaped this country. Many of the Founding Fathers — Madison, Jefferson, W ...

Air Date: June 30, 2017

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In this March 4, 2015, file photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will take a leave of absence for an unspecified period and let his leadership team run the troubled ride-hailing company while he’s gone. Kalanick told employees about his decision Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in a memo. The announcement comes as former U.S. Attorney Eric Holder released a list of recommendations to improve Uber's toxic culture. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Risk of employer retaliation must be removed for workers who claim discrimination

In February 2017, Susan Fowler, an engineer, left her job at Uber and wrote a blog post ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks about the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana at a baseball practice, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Politics & Policy

Promoting civility in Washington in the age of Trump

President Trump said all the right things after five people were shot by a gunman at a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, las ...

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This publicity photo shows the Asian-American rock band called The Slants. The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks. The case was closely watched for the impact it would have on the separate dispute involving the name of the Washington Redskins football team. (In Music We Trust via AP)
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SCOTUS just confirmed a First Amendment right to offensive trademarks

The word police just got put on notice: Your power to arrest, detain, and shame people who don’t share your view of “offens ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
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Politics & Policy

Dark money is compromising American democracy

If Donald Trump, his family and associates are hopelessly compromised by foreign influence and “dark money” — beholden to Russian o ...

8 years ago

 Republican Greg Gianforte greets supporters at a hotel ballroom in Bozeman, Montana, on May 25, after winning Montana's sole congressional seat. In his speech, Gianforte apologized for a altercation at his campaign headquarters with a reporter on the eve of the special election. The altercation led to a misdemeanor assault citation. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
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Politics & Policy

Greg Gianforte and the need for civic education

Public schools have to teach a better way of behaving in public. Alas, in recent years, there’s very little about preparing them to ...

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U.S. incarceration rates too high, too lengthy, too arbitrary

I know not whether laws be right,Or whether laws be wrong,All that we know who lie in jail,Is th ...

9 years ago

Notre Dame students walk out during Mike Pence's commencement speech (via MitchellWiggs/youtube)
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Education

Notre Dame commencement protesters chose the wrong time and place

When I heard that a group of disgruntled Notre Dame students marched out of the graduation ceremonies in less-than-silent protest this we ...

9 years ago

 Daryl Tempesta is shown with tape over his mouth in protest in April, in Berkeley, Calif. Demonstrators gathered near the University of California, Berkeley campus amid a strong police presence and rallied to show support for free speech and condemn the views of Ann Coulter and her supporters. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)
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Courts & Law

The good, the bad, and the ugly of free speech

Free speech is easy to support when you like what’s being said, but that’s not how the First Amendment works. This is somethi ...

9 years ago

In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump listens as he is introduced during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
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Politics & Policy

Want to preserve religious freedom? Preserve the line between church and state.

For the last 63 years, the ...

9 years ago

People walk outside the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, interviewed several candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey at Justice Department headquarters on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Politics & Policy

After flubbing Comey’s dismissal, this is what the Trump administration should do

To say that last week’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey has added to the drama of an already chaotic presidency is an underst ...

9 years ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport in January.
Politics & Policy

Scale of immigrants’ political, economic impact depends on who you ask

About 160,000 unauthorized immigrants live in the Philadelphia region. Deducing their impact depends on who you ask.

9 years ago

 In this April 1, 2017, tweet, President Donald Trump shares his opinion about the news media and what he calls 'fake news.'
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Politics & Policy

In the fight against ‘fake news,’ we are all responsible

Anyone who has been in any profession other than priestly confessors knows that telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but is more the exception than the rule.

9 years ago

 The Women's March on Philadelphia as seen from the rally stage, January 21, 2017. (Beth E. Finn)
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Community

3 steps to releasing your inner activist — reflections on the Women’s March on Philadelphia

The state of activism in Philadelphia, and indeed throughout the United States and the world, is evolving. Reacting to the fears many mar ...

9 years ago

 A Colorado man shows his concealed gun license. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
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Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country

I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...

9 years ago

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