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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle.

This program honors comedian, actor, writer and producer Chappelle, chronicling his extraordinary life and career through an intimate hybrid of documentary film and star-studded gala performance.

Chappelle is an internationally recognized stand-up comedian and actor whose trademark wit and sharp, irreverent social commentary explores race, popular culture, sex, drugs, politics and fame. 

Chappelle, who could always make people laugh, set ambitious goals for his art. As a 14-year-old student at Washington D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, he crafted his stand-up comedy act out of the realities of his life growing up black in the nation’s capital. 

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In New Book, Journalist Alleges Russian Links To Mysterious Deaths Abroad

Journalist Heidi Blake on the Russian state’s development of tools for assassination

Putin has, in a very concerted way, poured [resources] into a number of laboratories in which government scientists just dedicate their lives to the development of weapons and poisons, which are designed to kill without leaving a trace. We know that the Russian state has a whole armory of poisons, which are designed to trigger, for example, fast acting cancers or to trigger cardiac arrest — or even psychotropic drugs, which are designed to destabilize enemy targets, to mood altering substances, which can create the appearance that the person has plunged into a very deep and profound depression.

One of the things our intelligence sources have talked to us about is the study of suicide clusters in which there is a suspicion that the Russian state may have either driven individuals to kill themselves or has so successfully destabilized them that when their deaths are made to look like suicides, there’s a pretext in which that can be made believable, because their behavior in the weeks leading up to their deaths has been so disordered.

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New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

"I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate for something associated with the massacre," a senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey said on Monday.

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Halloween Treats | Recipes, Costumes and More | PBS Food

Find Halloween recipe ideas for your party, spooky treats for your kids, PBS character costume ideas, safety tips from PBS Parents, and much more.

Enjoy this spooky evening with some fun recipes and activities.

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Revisit the booming sites and sounds of the Capital Region's 60s and 70s rock music scene. Oct 20th on WMHT.

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 Support provided by: SUNY Schenectady's School of Music

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Musician Rick Bedrosian remembers the leopard (yes, the animal) at the Hullabaloo in Rensselaer.

Revisit the sites and sounds of the Capital Region’s 60s and 70s rock music scene in our new program - THE SCENE. Coming Oct 20 to WMHT. wmht.org/thescene

Support provided by: SUNY Schenectady School of Music

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Grammy-nominated Billy Montana's country music roots trace back to Albany County

Who knew that a country music songwriter who has worked with some of the who’s who in the industry - including Garth Brooks and Martina McBride - was originally from Voorheesville

Billy Montana may live in Nashville now, but he grew up in Voorheesville, a short drive from the New York State capital. One of his first acclaimed songs was based on a farmer he worked with in Voorheesville. Montana’s song “A Clean Mind and Dirty Hands” won the 1996 Song of the Year from Farm Journal. Co-written by fellow Voorheesville native David Flint who is also still involved in songwriting, it was based on farmer Al LeVie, who Montana worked with for seven years after college.

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What is the Creative Economy? Host Guha Bala of Velan Studios, Inc. takes us on a journey into the creative mind of the Capital Region. 

https://www.wmht.org/creativeeconomy/ Support from: MVP Health Care & The Bender Family Foundation

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Caffè Lena, the folk music venue the Library of Congress named ‘An American Treasure,’ has hosted its share of legendary performers over the years including Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Ani DiFranco, Sawyer Fredericks, Don McLean and countless more. This staple in the Saratoga Springs community - and the music community at-large - celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2020. Ahead of this milestone, WMHT Public Media (PBS) will premiere Lena: A Life in Folk,  the fascinating story of the Caffè’s founder and  matriarch, Lena Spencer.

See a free preview screening Thursday, Sept 12 at 6pm at Skidmore College.

http://www.wmht.org/lena/

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Meet Jingmai O'Connor, the Punk Rock Paleontologist

Paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor talks about the importance of Liaoning, a region in China, and the fossils found there in the new doc "When Whales Walked."

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Is Iran anywhere near collapse?

Amir Mohebbian doesn’t think so. The conservative Iranian political thinker and news editor said so in Tehran, even though U.S. economic sanctions have blocked most of the refined oil and other imports on which Iran relies. “The situation in the economy is not good,” he said, “but not so bad that [it will] kill us.”

The United States has been hoping the “maximum pressure” campaign launched after President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement will force Tehran to change its foreign policy in places from Lebanon to Syria to Yemen. To this idea, Mohebbian shrugged: “Why should we?”

It would be easy to dismiss Mohebbian’s analysis as Iranian spin. Yet seven days of interviewing dozens of people in Tehran and its surroundings this month offers at least some evidence to support his confidence, for the moment.

Tehran, a megacity of more than 14 million, appears vibrant. Stores are well stocked, though prices have soared through inflation. New stores and restaurants have opened to serve the elite, even if they’re not always full of customers. New buildings are under construction, even if the progress of some has been slow. Monday evening of last week, the night before a holiday, it took three hours for NPR’s vehicle to move about 10 miles through the city; streets were choked with cars as people drove out of town toward their ancestral homes or vacation.

Reporter’s Notebook: Here’s How Iran Is Functioning In The Face Of Sanctions

Photos: Marjan Yazdi for NPR

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Being good at your job involves taking care of yourself and avoiding burnout. For the final episode of Crash Course Business Soft Skills, Evelyn shares some steps you can take to do this!

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Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built for the summer holiday, producing a vanity fair of beachgoers hiding behind the memory of a social status that the economic crisis of recent years has compromised. Tonight (8/12) at 10PM.

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Liked on YouTube: Kids React to Molly of Denali https://youtu.be/mZ7LZzZx3k0

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Sounds of Space: Your Summer of Space Playlist(s) | PBS SoCal

Summer of Space would be incomplete without a space-themed playlist ... or two. For your enjoyment, two Summer of Space playlists.

Fun Summer of Space playlists...

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Downton Abbey: The Exhibition. Based on the television show and upcoming film, this immersive experience brings the characters, social history, and house to life.  Now in Boston through Sept 29th. Watch Downton Abbey Returns Thursday at 8PM on WMHT and get tickets: wmht.org/contribute