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Current State # 140 | August 9, 2013

Today on Current State:  Our live broadcast from the 2013 Great Lakes Folk Festival.  We'll talk with festival acting director Lora Helou; local folk artist Joel Mabus; keeping the tradition of metalsmithing alive; a chat with folk afficiando Bob Blackman, the NYAKA AIDS Orphan Project and Hmong folk singer Mai Zong Vue.

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