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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How David Crosby cheats death and still makes music

    David Crosby formed what he views as rock’s first supergroup: Crosby, Stills and Nash.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 29, 2019 • 51m Listen

    David Crosby formed what he views as rock’s first supergroup: Crosby, Stills and Nash. He's faced many hardships: friends who died young, fractured relationships with band mates, drug addiction, a stint in a Texas state prison, and major health problems. Crosby's story is the focus of a new documentary produced by his longtime friend Cameron Crowe.

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    1. 0:00

      Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: What we know about the gunman

      Three people died and 12 were injured during the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday. Police killed the 19-year-old man accused of opening fire, Santino William Legan. Gilroy is known as the garlic capital of the world.

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      7 min
    2. 7:20

      Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funding for border wall

      In a 5-4 decision along partisan lines, the Supreme Court justices freed up more than $2 billion in military funding to build President Trump’s border wall.

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      7 min
    3. 13:52

      Trump says Baltimore is rat-infested, but some of those rats are in apartments his son-in-law owns

      President Trump has unleashed another round of racist tweets, this time attacking Baltimore and the district represented by Maryland Democratic Congressman and House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings.

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      10 min
    4. 23:55

      Berkeley becomes 'unranked' on top colleges list. Do these listings matter to high school grads?

      UC Berkeley is usually one of the highest ranked universities in the country. But now it's kicked off of U.S World & News Report's "Best Colleges" list, and has the status of "unranked."

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      8 min
    5. 31:43

      Rock musician David Crosby on music, love, and drugs

      David Crosby wrote and/or sang many songs associated with the golden age of American rock music.

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      20 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    In this episode

    5 stories
    1. 0:007 min

      Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: What we know about the gunman

    2. 7:207 min

      Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funding for border wall

    3. 13:5210 min

      Trump says Baltimore is rat-infested, but some of those rats are in apartments his son-in-law owns

    4. 23:558 min

      Berkeley becomes 'unranked' on top colleges list. Do these listings matter to high school grads?

    5. 31:4320 min

      Rock musician David Crosby on music, love, and drugs

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