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NPR News Magazines Collaborate in Reports on Race
 All Things Considered and Morning Edition are collaborating in a series of reports about race – both in politics and in people's everyday lives. The first report, by Steve Inskeep and Michele Norris, features interviews with
a cross-section of residents of York, Pennsylvania, homebase of Harley-Davidson and York Peppermint Patties. This racially and economically diverse town has a history of racial struggles, but residents say things are improving. Listen from the archives at NPR.org.
NPR News Plans Special Coverage for Debates
 NPR News is planning live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential forums and debates later this month and next. The dates for this election, as set forth by the Commission on Presidential Debates, are September 26, October 7 and October 15 for the presidential candidates, and October 2 for the vice-presidential hopefuls. KGOU will air coverage beginning at 8 p.m. each evening. NPR News analysts will provide a recap at the end of each debate.
World Music Takes Stage at ¡Globalquerque!
 KGOU will broadcast live concerts from Globalquerque, New Mexico's annual festival celebrating music, food, crafts, film and culture from around the world. Originating from the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, the broadcast features music from all three festival stages, along with candid interviews from artists and attendees. See the list of scheduled artists on our programming page, and tune in at 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 20 for the live broadcast.
This I Believe: Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces
 William Wisseman couldn't spell his full name correctly in the fourth grade, so he started over in the fifth grade, learning language using a new method – one that worked with his language processing disorder. Wisseman explains how this experience, as well as that of solving the Rubik's Cube, taught him that sometimes you have to take a few steps back to move forward. Tune in Sunday, September 14 to Weekend Edition to hear his This I Believe essay.
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Electoral Map Shifts In Conventions' Wake
 Now that the national conventions are over and John McCain and Barack Obama have chosen their running mates, it's time to take a fresh look at the battleground states.
But which states are those? NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson has her analysis posted at NPR.org, and the interactive election map is sporting the latest information available. You'll also find the most recent election stories compiled on our election page, along with local stories produced for KGOU.
NPR Launches New Pop Culture Blog: Monkey See
 What's in a name? In the case of this newest NPR addition to the blogosphere, it all comes down to a Venn diagram comparing anthropology and comedy. It appears monkeys are the point at which the two worlds intersect. It's this collision of high and low that Monkey See hopes to foster, with posts pertaining to anything and everything in pop culture. Check it out!
Fall Movies: Corsets, Crises, Comedies And Cranks
 Hollywood's looking to find box-office gold this fall, with a more serious slate of films than it provided for summer fare. So what's on tap? Epics, Westerns, war movies, costume dramas, comedies, and Bond. James Bond, of course. NPR film critic Bob Mondello previewed the coming movie season on All Things Considered September 1.
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