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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”—Toby Keith

Rob homes in on the specific and strange political moment in which Toby Keith made "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue." Then, he’s joined by New Yorker music writer Kelefa Sanneh to discuss the song’s themes, cultural reception, and musical merit and the state of how we talk about Keith’s career.


Host: Rob Harvilla

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Alcatraz

Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay is one of the Bay Area’s most iconic landmarks: Alcatraz. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country, with over a million visitors every year. 

Most people know of Alcatraz as a prison, yet it only served as a prison for a very short period of time. 

During its history, it has served multiple different functions and has had many different lives. 

Learn more about Alcatraz, its past, present, and possible futures, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Lost and the Found’ takes an intimate look at homelessness in San Francisco

As a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kevin Fagan embedded with the city's unhoused population. Now retired, he's written a book built around two of the people he got to know through his reporting. The Lost and the Found zooms in on the lives of Rita and Tyson, who ended up chronically homeless in San Francisco through a cascade of circumstances. In today's episode, Fagan speaks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about their stories, Fagan's own experience with poverty and housing insecurity, and the Reagan-era policies that led to an increased unhoused population in the 1980s.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - What we misunderstand about gun violence

The U.S. is known around the world for its problem with gun violence. The vast majority of murders in the U.S. are committed using guns. But what leads one person to shoot another? The "conventional wisdom" says gun violence is usually the act of calculated criminals or people acting out of desperate economic circumstances. But economist Jens Ludwig believes the conventional wisdom is wrong. Today on the show, he explains why he believes many of us fundamentally misunderstand the problem of gun violence and how behavioral economics reveals some potential solutions.

Jens's new book detailing his research into gun violence is called "Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence".

Related episodes:
Can credit card codes help address gun violence?
The money going into and out of gun stocks
Guns and The Trump Slump

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The RMS Titanic

On April 15, 1912, one of the greatest disasters in modern nautical history took place. 

The RMS Titanic, one of the most celebrated ships of its era, struck an iceberg and sank on its inaugural voyage. 

While the story of the Titanic is well known, it has been exaggerated throughout the years, and there are many misconceptions about the ship and its sinking that have persisted to this day.

Learn more about the RMS Titanic, its conceptualization, building, and sinking on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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