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The Brian Lehrer Show | May 29, 2011

Today's show is a best-of, so we won't be taking any calls. But the comments page is always open!

On this Memorial Day, a special re-broadcast of the interview with the late photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington. Plus: David Brooks on The Social Animal; Ken Burns on civility and the Civil War; John Waters on his role models; Julie Berstein and Kurt Andersen of Studio 360 on the creative spark; and a conversation about being mixed race in America. 

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