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Humankind: Meeting Hate With Love -- Stories of King and Gandhi

By NHPR Staff on Monday, January 21, 2008.

The Exchange takes a break to bring you a special program exploring the beliefs of two men who fought for civil rights and who were led by the theory of nonviolence. Friends of Martin Luther King Jr. discuss his life and the roots of his peaceful resistance philosophies. Later, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi remembers how his grandfather’s teachings would influence future civil rights leaders.

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Farmers Looking To Raise Fish

By Murray Carpenter on Monday, January 21, 2008.

The Maine Agricultural Trade Show took place last week at the Augusta Civic Center.

Some came to kick tires on the newest tractors, and others to learn the latest agricultural techniques. But a handful of Maine farmers also learned how to grow aquatic crops among their fields. Farm-pond fish can bring a pretty penny.

Maine Public Radio's Murray Carpenter reports.

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Folk Show Playlist 1.20.08

By Kate McNally on Sunday, January 20, 2008.

Artist/Song/Album/Label

David Surrette and Susie Burke/Medina County/Sometimes in the Evening/Madrina Music
Bill Staines/Cotton Pickin’, Freight Train, Oh Babe it Aint No Lie/Old Dogs/Red House
Mike Morris/TV Song/What Have I Done/Parker Blue Productions
High Range/Cold Winters/Shoulder to the Wheel/Rural Roots Records
Old Blind Dogs/Bogie’s Bonnie Belle/The Gab o Mey/Green Linnet
Beausoleil/Le Blues de la Prison/Lamour ou La Folie/Rhino
Emma’s Revolution/Coast of Maine/Roots, Rock and Revolution/Emma’s Revolution

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