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COVER STORY
Boundaries
Kurt Andersen and jazz scholar Robert O'Meally look
at how artists defy, blur, and cross boundaries.
 Calexico/Mexicali
Calexico, California and Mexicali, Mexico are two
desert towns, yards away from each other along the US-Mexico border. When
the US Government erected a 14-foot-high, 2 mile-long steel fence along
their border, some local residents tried to bring the two towns back together.
Produced by Polly Sveda.
Go to the site of the Binational Mural Project
PexbaA
A Brazilian band refuses to be stuck in any musical
pigeonhole, and lives with the consequences. Produced by Michael May.
Go to the official pexbaA website
Go to MotorMusic's webpage on PexbaA
 Lenny
Bruce
Forty years ago Lenny Bruce crossed a line and became
comedy's greatest free speech martyr. Ronald Collins and David Skover
-- the authors of "The Trials of Lenny Bruce" -- describe how
the comedian fought the law and the law won. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to the website of "The Trials of Lenny Bruce"
Go to a site about Lenny Bruce & the FBI
SPECIAL GUEST
Robert O'Meally
 Robert
O'Meally is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of American Literature at
Columbia University, where he is also the Director of the Center for Jazz
Studies, dedicated to exploring the influence of jazz on American life.
He is the author of Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday and Living
With Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings.
Go to Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies
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Louis Kaufman. Violinist Louis Kaufman went
to Hollywood in 1934. He became a fixture in movie orchestras and played
the soaring violin of Hollywood’s golden age. Kaufman’s memoir,
A Fiddler's Tale, is about to see the light of day, thanks to the efforts
of his frequent accompanist and wife of 62 years, Annette Kaufman. Produced
by Sara Fishko
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