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  • Michael Cogswell, director of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives, singer Songwriter Bonnie Raitt, Times-Picayune reporter Betsy Mullener, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe author Fannie Flagg and Mississippi-born author Richard Ford offer words of encouragement to the victims of Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
  • The vehicles have been under development for years, but Google-owned Waymo and Cruise, which is owned by General Motors, are now offering robot-driven cars to ferry passengers in San Francisco.
  • Writer David Taylor's trip down a dirty river in suburban Dallas led to a new understanding of nature. He lends Debbie Elliot his views on how Texans relate to the environment. He edited the new book Pride of Place.
  • Twenty years have passed, and many of the actors who played the angsty adolescents in John Hughes' classic coming-of-age films now have teens of their own. Actress Ally Sheedy, director Howard Deutch and author Susannah Gora talk about why Hughes' films still resonate with new generations of teens.
  • The main character of Ian McEwan's Solar is a Nobel Prize-winning climate change scientist who visits the Arctic. McEwan was inspired by humanity's ability to corrode good intentions with pettiness.
  • Almost 40 years ago, celebrated country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall surprised his record label by creating a children's album, Songs of Fox Hollow. Now, Hall has teamed up with some of Nashville's independent roots-music scene to remake the time-tested classic.
  • Tucked in among the Oscars for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture is a lesser-known category: Best Original Score. Film-music specialist Andy Trudeau has come to discuss the nominees every year since the 68th Academy Awards.
  • Music writer Keithan Samuels discusses singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's latest album, Self Explanatory.
  • Fuller often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, like he did in his best-known work, the searing and acclaimed "A Soldier's Play."
  • Hurricane Ian destroyed Fort Myers Beach in Florida, but the city of Fort Myers was damaged, too. In the historically Black neighborhood of Dunbar, people are living without drinkable water and power.
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