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		<title>Dear Viola</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOTRU&#8217;s New Audio Obituary Series Begins Today
 Viola Morse, a lifelong Vermonter, died last year. After living in the same town for ninety-n&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-viola" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five All-New Episodes Coming in June</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/season-three-preview</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOTRU&#8217;s new season of five episodes will be available for download beginning on June first. For the first half of season three, we traveled to&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/season-three-preview" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Behind Bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wyoming: Second in the Nation for Kids in Jail



When we were researching our Wyoming episode in the summer of 2011, we came across a striking statistic&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/kidsbehindbars" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cellar Door Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs at Work in Cleveland, Ohio
When we visited Cleveland last season, we found a city full of a new generation of entrepreneurs that were m&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/cellar-door-records" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staying in Sacramento</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/staying-in-sacramento</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a happy ending for one of the stories from our second season of episodes.
The Sacramento Kings will be staying in Sacramento. The city and&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/staying-in-sacramento" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOTRU&#8217;s Year of Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we are nearing the end of what has been an extremely eventful year, State of the Re:Union would like to recall some of the fantastic adventures and c&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/sotrus-year-of-adventure" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento, CA: All Hands on Deck</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/sacramento-ca-all-hands-on-deck</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sacramento]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot of bad news coming out of Sacramento lately: homelessness, the foreclosure rate, unemployment, political gridlock in a state cr&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/sacramento-ca-all-hands-on-deck" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cleveland, OH: Entrepreneurs at Work</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/cleveland-oh-entrepreneurs-at-work</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleveland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Letson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland, Ohio is a city that was made by entrepreneurs, but for decades, it&#8217;s been known as a city that’s a shell of its former manufacturing&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/cleveland-oh-entrepreneurs-at-work" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming: The New Old West</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/wyoming-the-new-old-west</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are few and far between in Wyoming.  Those that do live here prize tradition, self-reliance, and their connection to the land.  So when chang&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/wyoming-the-new-old-west" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bronx, NY: Still Rising from the Ashes</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/the-bronx-ny-still-rising-from-the-ashes</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bronx]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bronx has long been seen as a symbol of America’s failings.  For many people here, ‘making it’ means escaping the crime and poverty of their borou&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/the-bronx-ny-still-rising-from-the-ashes" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Gulf Coast: Defending the Gulf</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/mississippi-gulf-coast-defending-the-gulf</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mississippi Gulf Coast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then, just as t&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/mississippi-gulf-coast-defending-the-gulf" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Española &#8211; Low Riders</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/espanola-low-riders</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Espanola]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low and Slow &#8211; The Low Riders of Española
Despite modern stereotypes, low riders are a celebrated family tradition  in Española, New Mexico. T&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/espanola-low-riders" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not in Our Town</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/not-in-my-town</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Long Island Village Takes a Stand Against Hate Crimes
Last year I attended the National League of Cities conference here in Denver, where I watched&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/not-in-my-town" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Belongs Here?</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/grocery-store-growing-pains</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Corwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Story of a Neighborhood Grocery Store
On January 21st 2011, a newspaper in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain broke the story.  The 47-yea&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/grocery-store-growing-pains" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brooklyn: Memorial Murals</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/brooklyn-memorial-murals-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often comprised of a simple portrait, along with a name, birth and death year, and sometimes a message, memorial murals began to sprout up all over NY&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/brooklyn-memorial-murals-2" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re All Just Fascinated By the Underground</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a piece written by SOTRU Radio Producer, Tina Antolini, about her time in the human-occupied tunnels running under Las Vegas. It&#8217;s a&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/were-all-just-fascinated-by-the-underground" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Operation New Hope &#8211; Radio Re:Visit</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/revisiting-operation-new-hope</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/revisiting-operation-new-hope#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alina Kodatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation New Hope is such an incredible organization and has even become a national model for solving recidivism challenges. It was originally ex&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/revisiting-operation-new-hope" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Frontier Town</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/a-new-frontier-town</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 13:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greensburg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the fourth anniversary of the tornado that devastated Greensburg, Kansas. In our radio episode, Greensburg &#8211; To the Starts through&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/a-new-frontier-town" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Hidden Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/discovering-hidden-la</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marietta Synodis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marietta Synodis started as an intern for SOTRU and is now our Senior Researcher. She has a knack for finding great stories and in the course of resear&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/discovering-hidden-la" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Belated Obscura Day!</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/obscura-day</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zak Rosen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it seems that we missed this year&#8217;s Obscura Day, &#8220;A day of expeditions, back-room tours and hidden treasures in your hometown,&#82&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/obscura-day" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Hear It for Record Store Day!</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/record-store-day</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/record-store-day#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music lovers across the globe all have stories of that first record store that ushered in their individual Age of Enlightenment. Chances are, those&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/record-store-day" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homesick, Still at Home</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/homesick-still-at-home</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/homesick-still-at-home#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times published an article yesterday titled, &#8220;As the Mountaintops Fall, a Coal Town Vanishes.&#8221; It discusses the devasta&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/homesick-still-at-home" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Lot of Care Still Going Around</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/theres-a-lot-of-care-still-going-around</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/theres-a-lot-of-care-still-going-around#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly. It sounds like an empty feel-good mantra, but even in those times that you may get to feeling misanthropic and like nobody cares about anyt&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/theres-a-lot-of-care-still-going-around" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOTRU&#8217;s 2011 Spring Season Preview</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/sotrus-2011-spring-season-preview</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to announce that Al and Tina are wrapping things up in warm Miami (Al has been working hard and deserved a balmy climate for our final spring stop), the last city on our 2011 Spring Season itinerary. Al and our all-star team of radio producers have collected incredible stories of community and the resiliency and devotion of people meeting challenges head on . . . and creating solutions. ]]></description>
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		<title>What do cardboard boxes and old vacant buildings have in common?</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/what-do-cardboard-boxes-and-old-vacant-buildings-have-in-common</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use your imagination.
When it comes to playtime, nothing beats a good, old-fashioned cardboard box. As little kids, I bet many of us spent our fair sh&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/what-do-cardboard-boxes-and-old-vacant-buildings-have-in-common" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community H2Flow</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/community-h2flow</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water permeates every aspect of life. The chemical substance is essential for survival, covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, composes any&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/community-h2flow" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Land of Riggies and Pusties</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/a-land-of-riggies-and-pusties</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utica is not a city that makes many outsize claims these days. There’s a pervasive sense that a lot of the city&#8217;s glory days are in the past, that&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/a-land-of-riggies-and-pusties" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Encouraging Development for Autism . . .</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/an-encouraging-development-for-autism</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When researching stories for SOTRU’s Twin Cities episode, there was one story that the entire team couldn’t stop thinking about after hearing it: within the large community of Somali immigrants that live in the Minneapolis area, there is an alarming trend of autism among their children.]]></description>
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		<title>Bayard Rustin &#8211; Who Is This Man?</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/bayard-rustin-who-is-this-man</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State of the Re:Union is excited to announce that our Black History Month special, &#8220;Bayard Rustin &#8211; Who Is This Man?&#8221; will be air&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/bayard-rustin-who-is-this-man" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sin City is a Small Town?</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/sin-city-is-a-small-town</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week, SOTRU host Al Letson and I head out for a reporting trip to Las Vegas, a city of abundant nicknames. Most of them have to do with the Las Vegas t&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/sin-city-is-a-small-town" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Richard O’Connor on the Long Journey Home</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/richard-o%e2%80%99connor-on-the-long-journey-home</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/richard-o%e2%80%99connor-on-the-long-journey-home#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard O&#8217;Connor was featured in our recent Veterans Day Special and was kind enough to share this:

On November 10, 2010, I was fortunate to be&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/richard-o%e2%80%99connor-on-the-long-journey-home" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SOTRU&#8217;s Veterans Day Special</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/sotrus-veterans-day-special</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Veterans Day, SOTRU produced a special radio hour that goes beyond the news headlines to tell stories of the emotion, challenges and victories t&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/sotrus-veterans-day-special" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Story of a Radio Community</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/a-story-of-a-radio-community</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Antolini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the relatively small public radio documentary world, there is one event that serves as a kind of combination Oscars/family reunion/Christmas m&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/a-story-of-a-radio-community" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Talk &#8211; Cultural Energy in New Mexico</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/cultural-energy-new-mexico</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico Nonprofit Helps Small Communities Find Their Voice
When I was in high school, I used to write in a little red journal. Whenever I had some sp&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/cultural-energy-new-mexico" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Old Time Torch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Herberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our recent “Sounds of the Re:Union” episode features the old time music and square dance scene in LA. In the episode, one of the people we hear from is S&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/old-time-la-square-dancing" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mariachi of El Rey</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/mariachi-documentary</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Rey &#8211; You Can Never Leave the Music
For our Los Angeles documentary, we teamed up with California Is a Place in an intimate piece that focuses&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/mariachi-documentary" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachia Rising</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/appalachia-rising</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/appalachia-rising#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LISTEN TO OUR NEWEST EPISODE HERE!
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		<title>SOTRU Speaks with Phil Collins</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/sotru-speaks-with-phil-collins</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a chance to speak with Phil Collins comes around, you simply can&#8217;t turn it down. Seriously, that&#8217;s like a law or something. Anyway&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/sotru-speaks-with-phil-collins" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The SOTRU Event Was a Success</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/the-sotru-event-was-a-success</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenton Crozier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to thank all of our amazing sponsors, volunteers and guests that made SOTRU &#8211; A Celebration of Community such an incredible and succes&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/the-sotru-event-was-a-success" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for State of the Re:Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State of the Re:Union has received an amazing opportunity —  the chance to win a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant. All we need is a few  minutes of your time to&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/pepsi_vote" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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