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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Computer Insecurity, Saying "No" to Tests & Bush the Painter

    The Heartbleed Bug, opting out of standardized tests, a music festival in downtown L.A., the power of microaggressions, and George W. Bush's paintings.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 9, 2014 • 51m Listen

    A lot of people are panicked today over the discovery of a computer flaw that may be exposing millions of people’s personal information online, including banking info. We hear from an education journalist who’s asked her daughter to opt-out of standardized tests. Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to bring a big music festival curated by Jay Z to downtown L.A. this summer, but critics say “not so fast.” Some college campuses across the U.S. are addressing an issue they call “microaggressions”: seemingly harmless comments that might not be so harmless. And art critic Jerry Saltz reviews George W. Bush’s paintings on display in a new exhibition.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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