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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Farming Through the Drought

    President Obama is visiting the Central Valley today to discuss drought mitigation efforts. We talk to a farmer in Mendota, a small farming community especially hard hit by the water shortage.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama is visiting the Central Valley today to discuss drought mitigation efforts. We talk to a farmer in Mendota, a small farming community especially hard hit by the water shortage.

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    Drought, Jamzilla and Japan's Fake Beethoven
    1. 0:00Farming Through the DroughtYou’re reading this
    2. 7:33How Long Will This Last?
    3. 13:43Robocop, Noah's Ark and Shia LaBeouf
    4. 24:42Japan's Fake Beethoven
    5. 33:34The Olympic's Dancing Luger
    6. 40:11Jamzilla, Self-Aware Cars and Corvette Calamity
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Bill Diedrich

      farmer

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    Drought, Jamzilla and Japan's Fake Beethoven
    1. 0:00Farming Through the DroughtYou’re reading this
    2. 7:33How Long Will This Last?
    3. 13:43Robocop, Noah's Ark and Shia LaBeouf
    4. 24:42Japan's Fake Beethoven
    5. 33:34The Olympic's Dancing Luger
    6. 40:11Jamzilla, Self-Aware Cars and Corvette Calamity
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