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Revisiting the 'Mother Road,' Route 66, which turns 100 this year

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the legendary U.S. Route 66. We revisit a 1984 documentary made as the last stretch of the highway was being bypassed by the Federal Interstate System.

Listen in on a conversation with author and chef Edna Lewis

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The Kitchen Sisters -- producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva -- came across a 1983 conversation they had with Edna Lewis, a legendary American chef and a pioneer of Southern cooking.

Henri Langlois created The Cinémathèque Française — an archive dedicated to preserving and exhibiting movies from many countries and eras.

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'Savior Of Film,' Henri Langlois, Began Extensive Cinema Archive In His Bathtub

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One of the most important figures in the history of filmmaking never made a film. Langlois created the Cinémathèque Française, where he preserved and exhibited movies from many countries and eras.

Producer 9th Wonder speaks with student staff members at The HipHop Archive & Research Institute in Jan. 2018.

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Keepers Of The Underground: The Hiphop Archive At Harvard

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"In order to be well versed in the culture, you have to be an encyclopedia," 9th Wonder says. "What The HipHop Archive is doing is creating a family tree."

National headlines

Golden State Warriors Take On San Quentin Prisoners In Basketball

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For the past five years, the Golden State Warriors have traveled to San Quentin, the well-known California maximum security prison, to play a basketball game against select prison inmates.

In 2014, about 2,300 people in Seoul made 250 tons of kimchi, a traditional fermented South Korean pungent vegetable dish, to donate to neighbors in preparation for winter.

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How South Korea Uses Kimchi To Connect To The World — And Beyond

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The traditional dish is so essential to the nation's culture and identity that the government promotes it globally in an effort to foster understanding and peace among countries.

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The Gold-Hungry Forty-Niners Also Plundered Something Else: Eggs

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When food shortages struck San Francisco, wily entrepreneurs raided the dangerous Farallon Islands for protein-rich eggs from seabirds. In the process, they destroyed both wildlife and each other.