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Last broadcast on Sun, 28 Aug 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
The US Post Master General discusses the fate of the US Postal Service as demand and profits decline.
Professor Bill Marling discusses James M Cain's American noir classic, "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
And in a week when the people of Martha's Vineyard dealt once again with a presidential holiday, Americana talks finds that not everyone enjoys the attention.
Music played
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Fats Waller
— I'm Gonna Sit Right DownI'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years, Part 2 (1935-36), RCA, B000002WTY, 1 -
Miles Davis
— GeneriqueAscenseur Pour L'Echafaud, Polygram Records, B000004785, 1
Broadcast
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Sun 28 Aug 201119:15
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