Filk MusicTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 19, Segment 3
Mar 5, 2015 • 11m
(40:25) Guest: Tom Smith, Professional Filk Musician  With its roots in folk music, campfire songs, and comedy, Filk has even influenced popular music, from “nerdcore” rockers like Weezer to parodists like Weird Al.  “It’s just a very small drop in that ocean, the ocean of recorded music. But it’s a very tight community,” says Smith. “We are trying to just entertain—sing for people and have them wing with us.”

Homeless CountsMar 5, 201519mGuest: Nan Roman, CEO of National Alliance to End Homelessness  Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities to count the number of people staying in homeless shelters on a given night in January. Every other year, communities also have to count the number of people living in places unfit for habitation – like an abandoned building or a park.  “One of the things that data has revealed is the presence of the people who are chronically homeless. There is a group of people who spend a long time homeless, a year continuously or 4 times in 3 years. These are people with disabilities who can’t get out of the homelessness system. We have a solution to their problem which is permanent supportive housing,” says Roman.
Guest: Nan Roman, CEO of National Alliance to End Homelessness  Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities to count the number of people staying in homeless shelters on a given night in January. Every other year, communities also have to count the number of people living in places unfit for habitation – like an abandoned building or a park.  “One of the things that data has revealed is the presence of the people who are chronically homeless. There is a group of people who spend a long time homeless, a year continuously or 4 times in 3 years. These are people with disabilities who can’t get out of the homelessness system. We have a solution to their problem which is permanent supportive housing,” says Roman.
Ceres: The Dwarf PlanetMar 5, 201521mGuests: Denise Stephens, Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at BYU 
Guests: Denise Stephens, Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at BYU 
Peanut Allergy NewsMar 5, 201521mGuest: Dean Mitchell, Clinical Expert in Allergy and Immunology in NYC and a member if the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 
Guest: Dean Mitchell, Clinical Expert in Allergy and Immunology in NYC and a member if the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 
PartisanshipMar 5, 201532mGuest: Jim Leach, Former member of Congress (R-IA) and former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
Guest: Jim Leach, Former member of Congress (R-IA) and former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
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