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I bumped into Andrew in the coffee shop the other day and we discovered we were going to the same festival where Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet were performing. He said he thought the band was "amazing" and "hypnotic". Their new album is self-titled on the Nettwerk label and features Abigail Washburn on banjo and vocals, Bela Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle and Ben Solee on cello. So, that Sunday night, I featured the album. Honestly, I was torn.

Listener and friend of Word of Mouth Genevieve Haas stumbled upon a website recently that struck a chord with her. She sent us this:

Today on Word of Mouth, we’re stepping away from the live microphone to broadcast some of our favorite interviews from the past few months. Here’s a list of the segments in today’s show. Click on the links to listen to them and to find more information:

The Raw Milk Underground - Reporter Nathanael Johnson dives into the black-market network for unpasteurized milk

Our morning newscasts were judged Number 1 by the Public Radio News Directors, Inc (PRNDI). Lisa Peakes’s work won us a first place award. Nice work Lisa.

We also won a national second place award, for Newscast spots.

This weekend some of the fastest rising stars in independent music shared stages with rock and hip-hop veterans for an unforgettable three days of live music. The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival, held in Chicago's Union Park, drew tens of thousands of music fans eager to see the bands they probably learned about on Pitchfork, one of the top-read websites covering new music rarely played on radio.

Today on Word of Mouth, we’re stepping away from the live microphone to broadcast some of our favorite interviews from the past few months. Here’s a list of the segments in today’s show. Click on the links to listen to them and to find more information:

Physics of the Impossible - Physicist Michio Kaku explains the real science behind sci-fi

Due to transmitter maintenance, NHPR will experience an interruption of service on Sunday night. Our Concord, Portsmouth, Littleton, Colebrook, Plymouth and Dover signals will be off the air beginning at 10 pm. We will be back on the air as soon as this critical work is completed. Thank you for your patience as we continue to improve our service.

What a day! Got into NYC early enough to miss most of the traffic, though I parked the car at a hotel and used public transport for the rest of the day. This worked well except for one stop, but more on that in a minute.