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On this Continuum, you will hear a special program devoted to the art of the recorder in early music presented by the legendary short-lived David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. Listen: goo.gl/W6hpwk #wwno #classical1049 #neworleanspublicradio #artoftherecorder — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2G2CNrA

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No matter what else you put into your crawfish boil, one crucial ingredient is patience. Listen to WWNO's Where Y’Eat: After A Cold Winter, A Crawfish Waiting Game | http://ift.tt/2CTnvCr — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2FlOgot

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American Routes Shortcuts features Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall and performer with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. | Listen: http://ift.tt/2oxmpb9 #neworleanspublicradio #music #jazz #wwno — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2GUhFTB

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In this edition of NOLA Life Stories – The Other Empty Classroom: Bearing Witness To Desegregation | Listen: https://goo.gl/i5Njpq #neworleanspublicradio #wwno #nolalifestories #history #neworleans #civilrights — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2otTQLQ

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On this episode of Music Inside Out, Gwen Thompkins interviews PJ Morton, a an award-winning songwriter, singer, and producer, as well as the keyboardist in the platinum-selling group Maroon 5, and head of the New Orleans-based Morton Records. Listen: http://ift.tt/2EH3vV8 #neworleanspublicradio #wwno #musicinsideout — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2ERrfJE

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Got King Cake Fever? Listen to Where Y’Eat: In New Orleans, The King Cake Reigns Without Many Rules | http://ift.tt/2sdh50X #neworleanspublicradio #wwno #kingcake #2018mardigras — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2EqmPJv

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"Traditional workers are covered by the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, sex and other factors. Independent contractors are not covered by the Civil Rights Act"

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In a statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that, after consulting with the interagency Trade Policy Committee and the bipartisan U.S. International Trade Commission, the president decided that "increased foreign imports of washers and solar cells and modules are a substantial cause of serious injury to domestic manufacturers."

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This year's Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning via live stream. See the complete list of nominees here. The winners will be announced on March 4, at an awards ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

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(Markets Edition) With the Trump administration deciding to hit imported washing machines and solar products with tariffs, we'll chat with Michael Webber — deputy director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas, Austin — about whether this will actually help the solar industry.

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Marcie Edwards, interim executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board, says the freeze caused more than 400 leaks in the system. Employees and contractors are working around the clock, but so far only about 30 percent of the repairs have been made.

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@louisianaeatsnola: Sex, Violence & Hospitality – On this week's show, we take a look at sexual harassment and abuse in the restaurant industry. (Editor's note: this episode contains accounts of sexual assault.) | Audio Link: http://ift.tt/2Bnshr2 #neworleanspublicradio #wwno #louisianaeats #metoo — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2n54SGp

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This week on Inside the Arts, we spice things up as the New Orleans Opera Association continues its 75th season with George Chadwick's Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera.

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Upcoming BBC Newshour – Douglas Wise says his former colleague Michael Flynn, who briefly served as National Security Advisor to President Trump, had every reason to know better’ than to lie to the FBI. Listen Live in 5 📻 or Read: http://bbc.in/2DvEj3h

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Jonathan Kauffman's new book, Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat follows the people and places throughout the country that brought organic vegetables and whole wheat bread into the counterculture, and then, eventually, mainstream supermarkets.

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Sessions is the first member of President Trump's Cabinet known to have been questioned by the special counsel's office in its investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow. Justice Department spokesman Ian Prior confirmed Sessions' interview to NPR on Tuesday. Sessions cooperated voluntarily.

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This week on The Reading Life: It's Carnival time!