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For a July 4 episode of The Mother Jones Podcast, Jamilah King and James West badgered senior editor Michael Mechanic into playing the national anthem on his fiddle. He finally did, but then they cut it—meanies!

Performed live on San Francisco's KALW on Jan. 20, 2018. Fiddles: Michael Mechanic and Tony Phillips; Banjo: Brendan Doyle; Guitar: Brandon Worden. This song was first recorded by Texas fiddler PT Bell, who learned it from his father, Mace.

A song first performed by American slaves and made popular by Thomas Dartmouth Rice, an early blackface performer. This is the version played by fiddler Melin Wine. It was performed live on San Francisco's KALW on Jan. 20, 2018. Fiddles: Michael Mechanic and Tony Phillips; Banjo: Brendan Doyle; Guitar: Brandon Worden.

Adapted version of the Shelor Family's 1927 song "Big Bend Gal," with modern lyrics. Performed live on San Francisco's KALW on Jan. 20, 2018. Fiddles: Michael Mechanic and Tony Phillips; Banjo: Brendan Doyle; Guitar: Brandon Worden; Vocals: Michael Mechanic (lead), Brandon Worden (backup)

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Ben Dreyfuss has very dumb questions about electricity. Tim McDonnell has very smart answers.

Boehner responds to a question from Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for WNYC's The Takeaway, about the House Appropriations Committee voting to keep a ban on funding that would allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the causes of gun violence, June 25, 2015.

All Over Again: Boekbinder by Mother Jones

Kenneth Blackburn, an inmate at New Folsom prison near Sacramento, sings a blues-heartbreak song as part of the Prison Music Project.

Audio from a speech delivered at the Federalist Society's 2014 National Lawyers Convention on Friday, November 13.

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Produced by All Liberian Musicians, with Accountability Lab, the Business Start-Up Center Monrovia, the Musicians Union of Liberia, and Shizo Magazine.

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Clinton Musical by Mother Jones

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Snowden accepting an award via a web video Wednesday afternoon

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In 2012, Greg Brannon, who is now a North Carolina Republican Senate candidate, wouldn't say whether he thought the attacks on September 11, 2001 were an inside job—but, he said, "Things like this have to be asked." Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04/greg-brannon-rand-paul-9-11-truther

In 2012, Greg Brannon, who is now a North Carolina Republican Senate candidate, wouldn't say whether he thought the attacks on September 11, 2001 were an inside job—but, he said, "Things like this have to be asked." Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04/greg-brannon-rand-paul-9-11-truther

Petty. Weak on policy. And yet Governor Susana Martinez is being hailed as the GOP's great new hope. Sound familiar? Listen to Martinez slam teacher salaries and read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/governor-susana-martinez-new-mexico-2016

Petty. Weak on policy. And yet Governor Susana Martinez is being hailed as the GOP's great new hope. Sound familiar? Listen to a Martinez aide say a democratic poliitician "sounds like a retard" and read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/governor-susana-martinez-new-mexico-2016

Petty. Weak on policy. And yet Governor Susana Martinez is being hailed as the GOP's great new hope. Sound familiar? Hear Martinez call her opponent "that little bitch" and read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/governor-susana-martinez-new-mexico-2016

Petty. Weak on policy. And yet Governor Susana Martinez is being hailed as the GOP's great new hope. Sound familiar? Listen to Martinez's team discussing the Commission on the Status of Women. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/revert-to-mean-governor-susana-martinez

Petty. Weak on policy. And yet Governor Susana Martinez is being hailed as the GOP's great new hope. Sound familiar? Listen to Martinez's team talk about how they might avoid accusations she deceived voters and read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/governor-susana-martinez-new-mexico-2016

Dick Cheney on Iran, Republican Jewish Coalition by Mother Jones

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Jonah Engle, author of Mother Jones' July/August 2013 feature investigation "Merchants of Meth", discussed his story on NPR's "Fresh Air". Listen to the entire interview here: http://www.npr.org/2013/09/26/226476602/big-pharma-and-meth-cooks-agree-keep-cold-meds-over-the-counter Read Jonah's story here: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/meth-pseudoephedrine-big-pharma-lobby

In July 2012, after enduring bankruptcy, plummeting circulation, staff buyouts, and waves of layoffs, the Philadelphia Inquirer moved out of the "Tower of Truth," the landmark building it had occupied since 1925. Photographer Will Steacy, the descendant of five generations of newspapermen captured the newsroom before and after it downsized for the post-print era. Steacy went through volumes of family archives and recently recorded the following conversations with his father about the family's experiences in the newspaper business. Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/philly-inquirer-slider

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