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Musician Memoir
3:58 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Singer-Songwriter LeRoy Bell: The Rise, Fall And Rise Again

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Musician LeRoy Bell.
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Most people know about singer-songwriter LeRoy Bell  from his appearances in 2011 as one of the top performers on the network television singing competition, The X Factor. But long before televised competitions, LeRoy Bell was at the top of the pop music charts.

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Word Games
9:00 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Weekday's Annual Listener Spelling Bee

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Can you handle the high pressure of a spelling bee?
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The region's top middle school spellers go head to head this weekend in the King-Snohomish Regional Spelling Bee at Seattle's Town Hall. The winning wordsmith heads to Washington, DC, to compete in the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Last year's regional champ had to spell "putrescible." Think you have what it takes to win? Call 206.543.5869 and prove your spelling prowess on live radio against your fellow listeners.

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Historical Memoir
8:00 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Early Recollections Of Prague And War With Madeleine Albright

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Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at an interactive session on "America, India and Democracy in the 21st Century" in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006.
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Madeleine Albright was the first woman to hold the Secretary of State position for former president Bill Clinton. She became known as an advocate for peace in the Middle East and for bringing war criminals to justice. In her new memoir, she chronicles her traumatic early life in Prague during the Nazi occupation, through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

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The Race Card Project
1:29 am
Wed March 13, 2013

Six Words: Ask Who I Am, Not What

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A submission to the Race Card Project, which asks people to describe their experience with race in six words.
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Jessica Hong, second from left, at brunch with friends. "Though I am clearly the lone Asian person, I don't think I've ever felt like the 'Asian friend' amongst these girls," she says.
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Charley Sullivan is the associate head coach of men's rowing and a doctoral candidate in Southeast Asian History at the University of Michigan.
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Sullivan (left) dancing Hanuman, the white monkey role in a Javanese dance performance in Jakarta in about 1970.
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Originally published on Thu March 14, 2013 6:46 am

This month NPR begins a series of occasional conversations about The Race Card Project, where people can submit their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Thousands of people have shared their six-word stories and every so often NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris will dip into the trove of six-word stories to explore issues surrounding race and cultural identity for Morning Edition.

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