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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Web Roundup: Ahmed Mohammed's Digital Clock

    It’s been quite a week for 14-year-old Ahmed Mohammed. He was arrested and handcuffed at his school in Texas, and now he has an invitation to meet President Obama at the White House. This is the kid who made a digital clock his teacher thought was a bomb.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 17, 2015 • 1 min read

    It’s been quite a week for 14-year-old Ahmed Mohammed. He was arrested and handcuffed at his school in Texas, and now he has an invitation to meet President Obama at the White House. This is the kid who made a digital clock his teacher thought was a bomb.

    The full episode

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    GOP Debate, and Inside the Broad Museum
    1. 0:17GOP Debate
    2. 17:34Web Roundup: Ahmed Mohammed's Digital ClockYou’re reading this
    3. 28:13Inside the Broad Museum
    4. 36:18Will the Broad Museum Change LA?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Xeni Jardin

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    GOP Debate, and Inside the Broad Museum
    1. 0:17GOP Debate
    2. 17:34Web Roundup: Ahmed Mohammed's Digital ClockYou’re reading this
    3. 28:13Inside the Broad Museum
    4. 36:18Will the Broad Museum Change LA?
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