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Last broadcast on Sun, 21 Aug 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
This week, as Barack Obama's personal approval ratings slump to an all-time low of just 39%, we'll ask Democrat Strategist Terry McAuliffe whether the President can still pull off a dramatic comeback, in the style of number 33, Harry Truman.
Brother and sister Tamim Ansary and Rebecca Pettys recall an idyllic American childhood...spent in Afghanistan's Helmand Valley.
The author Philip Connors gives us a call from his self-imposed solitude among the treetops of New Mexico's Gila National Forest.
And Darius Rucker tells all on going from rock band frontman...to black country & western singer.
Philip Connors, author of "Fire Season"
Taken atop a remote watchtower in the Gila National Forest.
(Photo credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe)
Music played
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Jimi Hendrix
— All Along the WatchtowerElectric Ladyland, Experience Hendrix, B000002P5U, 15 -
Al Green
— For the Good TimesGreatest Hits, The Right Stuff, B000002TTP -
Kenny Rogers
— Lucille21 Number Ones, Capitol, B000BYDVWE, 4 -
Hootie & The Blowfish
— Hold My HandCracked Rear View, Atlantic, B000002IZC, 2 -
Darius Rucker — I Don't Care
Charleston, SC 1966, Capitol Nashville, B00475KKPY, 10 -
Darius Rucker — Southern State of Mind
Charleston, SC 1966, Capitol Nashville, B00475KKPY, 5
Broadcast
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Sun 21 Aug 201119:15
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