Episode 25: The Ballad of a Trump Fan, and the Little Mermaid Gets Dumped

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Recorded08 Apr 2016

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This week, we look into the lives and careers of two giants of soul—Aretha Franklin and the late James Brown. From the campaign trail, Michael Friedman’s musical ode to a South Carolinian Trump supporter, and Jesse Eisenberg, along with his sister Hallie, performs the humor piece “Why I Broke Up with the Little Mermaid.”

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