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Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Punk.   For 40 years, punk has influenced not just music, but fashion, film,  art… not to mention hairstyles.  So what makes punk… punk?  Music journalist Legs McNeil is the guy who named it.  And chronicled it.  Along with Gillian McCain wrote THEE book on the history of punk. It’s an oral history called “Please Kill Me.”

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Josh Rushing spent 14 years as a Marine and was the spokesman for the U.S. Central Command to the entire Arab world. He now works for Al Jazeera's English language service.

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We’re introduced to the concept of culture jamming, and Kalle Lasn tells Steve Paulson what led him to found his magazine “Adbusters.”

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Patricia Smith is an African American who's the four-time champion of the National Poetry Slam.

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Jason Reitman wrote and directed the film "Thank You for Smoking."  We hear some very funny and totally subversive clips.

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Kelly Lambert tells Anne Strainchamps about her brain research into how using both hands on crafts projects can be as beneficial to the body as taking psychoactive medication.

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The French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was presented with a Freedom on Expression award from the PEN American Center this week.  Six high-profile writers boycotted the awards ceremony at PEN's big annual gala.  Hundreds more protested, while others gave the magazine's editors a standing ovation.  The chariman of the PEN World Voices Festival is Colm Toibin, the celebrated Irish novelist.  Toibin shares his thoughs on the controversy.

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Linda Kauffman talks with Jim Fleming about artists who make deliberately provocative and sensational art.  She feels it’s a good thing to challenge our beliefs about what can be seen.

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