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Chinese is one of the oldest still-spoken languages in the world. But when technologies arrived like telegraphy and computing, designed with the Roman alphabet in mind, if Chinese wanted to be able to participate then it had to choose between adapting, or paying a heavy price. And sometimes both were inevitable. Jing Tsu, author of Kingdom of Characters: the Language Revolution that Made China Modern, recounts how Chinese contended with obstacles like alphabetisation, Romanisation and standardisation.
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Some of the biggest names in the music industry have played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival since it debuted in 1999 on large grass fields out in the California desert. It turned into a global phenomenon and tastemaker in the process. But for the past two years, along with the rest of the live-music industry, Coachella went on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic...but it’s BACK.
Today, what Coachella’s return this past weekend and next weekend says about the state of the music industry.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times pop music reporter Mikael Wood
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Live updates from Coachella 2022
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The desperate fight for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Fending off a Russian cyber attack. Searching for the gunman who attacked a Pittsburgh party. CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has today's World News Roundup.
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The war in Ukraine has created the greatest flux of refugees in Europe since the second world war. We visit Poland, where the response has been remarkably smooth, and a New York neighbourhood that is no stranger to émigrés from the region. And we consider the displaced who are largely overlooked: why are so many Russians exiling themselves in Turkey?
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This week Danny and Tyler discuss the phenomenal songwriting and gut-busting honky tonk sound of Sarah Shook & The Disarmers. The North Carolina five-piece band is still a relatively new presence in the country music/alt country scene, but we think if you like barn burners you're gonna like 'em. We especially think you'll enjoy our song of the week, "New Ways to Fail," a brutally blunt, scream-along honky tonk tune.
In addition to talking about Sarah Shook and the talented members of The Disarmers, Tyler and Danny discuss country and punk's intertwined history, Sarah's activism, and (once again) a few choice phrases that would make excellent titles for ZZ Top b-sides.
Here's the other recommendations for anyone looking to check out more of Sarah Shook & The Disarmers:
Dwight Yoakam
The Nail
Years
No Name
Keep The Home Fires Burnin’
Good as Gold
Heal Me
Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don’t
Stranger
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