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  • Greg, Liz, and Tom speak with the Reverend Gary Kowalski, a parish minister and animal activist. Kowalski's interest in being an activist began when he…
  • NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin weigh in on President Obama leaving controversies like the IRS and the NSA behind as he attended the G-8 summit in Europe. Back in D.C., the House OKs an abortion ban bill. And former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) says immigrants are "more fertile" than U.S.-born citizens.
  • Charles talks with Robin Lambaria, director of the Marfa Film Festival, which takes place June 26-30 in Marfa and Alpine. Robin talks about the appeal of…
  • The son of horror author Stephen King discusses his new, non-horror novel, Double Feature, and explains why his advice to young writers is that they sometimes need to quit. Plus, he goes toe-to-toe with his childhood best friend, novelist Emma Straub, in a game about movies about movies.
  • The solstice marks the longest daylight period of the year and the official start of summer. Revelers celebrated the marker across the globe.
  • The famed neurologist talks to Fresh Air about how grief, trauma, brain injury, medications and neurological disorders can trigger hallucinations — and about his personal experimentation with hallucinogenic drugs in the 1960s.
  • The Greeks have been eating octopus since ancient times, but there's an art to grilling these tentacled sea creatures. An octopus has to be dried in the sun for at least a day first. Otherwise, the flesh just steams and turns into "a rubbery mass."
  • Lowland Hum's new video for the song "War Is Over" uses archival film clips to create a stirring collage of different eras. The found footage takes us from the stark aftermath of an earthquake to the distant joy in an unknown family's home movies.
  • One of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook presents a set of timeless music.
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