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Examining The SuperPAC With Colbert's Trevor Potter

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Originally published on Thu February 23, 2012 12:19 pm

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TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. SuperPACs have led to what was described in the New York Times yesterday as a new breed of super-donor. About two dozen individuals, couples or corporations have given a million dollars or more this year to Republican superPACs that have poured that money directly into this year's presidential campaign.

10:00 am

Thu February 23, 2012

Understanding The Impact Of Citizens United

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James Bopp is the lawyer who first represented Citizens United in the case that ended up in the Supreme Court, which ruled that corporations and unions could give money to political committees active in election campaigns. That decision and subsequent lower court decisions have led to SuperPACs, which allow corporations, unions and individuals to make unlimited contributions, pool them together, and use the money for political campaigns.

Movie Reviews

9:53 am

Wed February 22, 2012

After 'Putin's Kiss,' A Young Girl's Change Of Heart

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The documentary Putin's Kiss charts four years in the life of Masha Drokova, who became famous as the girl who publicly kissed Vladimir Putin.

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By 2007, the Nashi youth movement had 120,000 members between the ages of 17 and 25.

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11:19 am

Tue February 21, 2012

Catherine Russell: The Fresh Air In-Studio Concert

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Catherine Russell.

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Blues and jazz singer Catherine Russell says she frequently listens to the radio while washing dishes. One night, she was by the sink listening to a Chick Webb compilation when Ella Fitzgerald's "Under the Spell of the Blues" came on. The song struck her.

"The lyric came on, and it was just a beautiful story, and then I [was] compelled to learn the tune, and then I learned about everything surrounding it," she says.

10:31 am

Tue February 21, 2012

'Barchords': An Intense, Pensive Album About Love

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Afie Jurvanen

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Bahamas - Barchords

By Ken Tucker

Originally published on Wed March 14, 2012 9:54 am

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The song "I Got You Babe," on Bahamas' new album, Barchords, is obviously not Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe." This version is an original song the Canadian singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen, who records under the stage name Bahamas, has written about holding and losing someone.

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