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This week's program starts off with a twin spin from "Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues," the forthcoming new album from Alligator Records by SELWYN BIRCHWOOD. This show gives my listeners an advance preview of two of the album's most powerful songs -- "The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues" and "All Hail The Algorithm."This week's edition also includes some of the latest songs from LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS, ALLY VENABLE, and JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR. A special contest is also announced where blues fans can register for free to win prize packages related to blues guitarist JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR and her performance on Tuesday, March 31st at Hobart Art Theater.The songlist for the show also includes deep cuts from artists like RUFUS THOMAS, MAURICE JOHN VAUGHAN, BILLY BRANCH, JOHNNY WINTER, RICK DERRINGER, ALVIN LEE, DEBORAH BONHAM, KOKO TAYLOR and others.

Next week, Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol finally arrives in paperback, along with Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton's memoir, journalist Fareed Zakaria's update on the post-American world, journalist Annie Jacobsen's look inside a top secret U.S. military base, and journalist Mitchell Zuckoff's true tale of the survivors in a WWII plane crash.

Vacations are where we do some of our most serious thinking, but when it comes to summer reading, we often reach for mindless reads. This year, beautifully written memoirs — about unspeakable loss, motherhood and the process of healing — offer substantial stories that tear at the heart.

Members of the Jan. 6 committee are pursuing additional witnesses and say they are receiving a lot of new evidence. Their public hearings are now going to extend into July.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won narrowly, but can he expand his base? Pete Buttigieg again did well, but in another largely white state. And the story of the night was Sen. Amy Klobuchar's third-place finish.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol has voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump to question him about what he knew beforehand and how he reacted during the attack.

Vice President Harris gave her first interview since jumping into the presidential race just a little over a month ago. Here's what we learned.

It's clear the next couple of months won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Here are ways to reframe, breathe deep and manage the stress of yet another COVID surge.

It was former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's first debate after spending more than $300 million on ads. He had an uneven performance, especially when it came to his record on women.

The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.