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Fresh Air Weekend
8:03 am
Sat September 15, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: W. Kamau Bell, Michael Lewis

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W. Kamau Bell's new FX weekly series Totally Biased mixes standup, sketches and interviews.
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Originally published on Sat September 15, 2012 11:19 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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Kee Facts: A Few Things You Didn't Know
7:14 am
Sat September 15, 2012

Antietam 'Death Studies' Changed How We Saw War

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Alexander Gardner's original caption for this image: "A Lone Grave, on Battle-field of Antietam."
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The area around the white brick Dunker Church was also a scene of heavy fighting. These men had been carried from the places where they fell, in preparation for burial. It took four days to clear all the soldiers' bodies from the battlefield.
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Gardner's caption for this photograph: "A Contrast: Federal buried, Confederate unburied, where they fell on the Battle-field of Antietam."
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President Lincoln visited Gen. George McClellan at Antietam a few weeks after the battle, urging him to chase and engage Lee's damaged army. McClellan procrastinated, and Lincoln soon relieved him of command. The Civil War continued for almost three more years.
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Alexander Gardner's original caption for this image was "A Lone Grave, on Battle-field of Antietam."
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Between two farm fields in Sharpsburg there was a sunken road, which Confederates used as a rifle pit until they were overrun by the Federals and slaughtered. The road has since been known as "Bloody Lane."
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Originally published on Sun October 21, 2012 2:08 pm

In mid-September 1862, the Civil War was only a year and a half old, and many Americans in the North and the South still clung to the view that this war was a noble, glorious, even romantic undertaking. That notion was shattered forever when Alexander Gardner and his assistant James Gibson, working for photographer Mathew Brady's firm, came to Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Md.

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Favorite Sessions
7:03 am
Sat September 15, 2012

Exitmusic: A Dark, Brooding Love Song

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 1:47 pm

Exitmusic's Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church have forged a profound partnership: The couple came together in a romantic, cinematic way, meeting on a transcontinental train. Then, over the course of two albums — Passage came out earlier this year — they've created an artistic identity that's beautifully beguiling and darkly unsettling.

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A Blog Supreme
7:03 am
Sat September 15, 2012

Cannonball Adderley: 5 Songs From A Joyous Soul

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Cannonball Adderley
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Originally published on Sun September 16, 2012 7:56 pm

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Around the Nation
6:52 am
Sat September 15, 2012

Chicago Teachers Rally With Deal In The Works

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Originally published on Sat September 15, 2012 9:55 am

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The Chicago Teachers Union and city school officials have reportedly reached what they call a framework for an agreement that would end a five-day teacher strike. The walkout has shut down school for 350,000 students this week. They could be back in class as early as Monday.

We're joined now by NPR education correspondent Claudio Sanchez. Claudio, thanks for being with us.

CLAUDIO SANCHEZ, BYLINE: Good to be here.

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