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Cityscape
1:25 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

ANNE & EMMETT: A Conversation About Racial Intolerance

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Courtney Brown as Anne Frank and Eric Conners as Emmett Till in The Black Rep’s ANNE & EMMETT
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Anne Frank and Emmett Till were young victims of racial injustice and hatred. 

In her diary, Frank provided a harrowing account of when she and her family were forced into hiding to escape the oppression of Nazi Germany.  Emmett Till of Chicago was visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955 and was murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman.

Host Steve Potter talks with Janet Langhart Cohen, the playwright of a one-act play called ANNE & EMMETT. 

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Politics
6:00 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Wagner, Koenen Vie To Take Akin's Old Seat

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Koenen speaks to a crowd at a forum in Jefferson County.
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Wagner talks to conservatives in Crestwood.
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Missouri’s newly-formed 2nd Congressional district has two first time candidates vying for Republican Congressman Todd Akin’s seat, which he will be vacating. The two main candidates have very different ideas of the role of government, and very different backgrounds.


Although this is Ann Wagner’s first time with her name on the yard signs, she is by no means a political rookie.

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Halloween
4:15 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

A Very Public (Radio) Halloween

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By Emily Hellewell

Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 4:28 pm

It's fall y'all! No tricks here, just treats: check out these NPR-themed stencils to inspire your pumpkin carving.

If you use these templates to carve a pumpkin or if public radio otherwise inspires your Halloween celebrations, email a picture to thisisnpr@npr.org. We'll post the collection here and on our Facebook page on Halloween.

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