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PRI's 'The Tavis Smiley Radio Show' and Annie E. Casey Foundation present 'No Place Like Home'
Six month series illuminates the real estate market and the affects on everyday homeowners

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Press Release June 25, 2009

The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI appreciates the support of its national underwriters. The program is produced by Smiley Radio Properties, Inc. and distributed by PRI.

Hour One

The Tavis Smiley Show and the Annie E. Casey Foundation present. No Place Like Home: Keeping the American Dream Alive
	Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development offers more than just hope but modes of help for those struggling in the wake of the mortgage crisis. www.hud.gov Listen Now!
	Angelica Rubio, a local home counselor and the Director of the East LA Community Corporation's Department of Community Wealth details how she helps families affected by the home mortgage crisis. www.elacc.org Listen Now!

	*The Slave Next Door* Kevin Bales and Rod Soodalter discuss the fight against human trafficking in their new book, The Slave Next Door. www.ronsoodalter.com www.freetheslaves.net Listen Now!
	3-Minute Sports Drill Sports commentator George Johnson gives a quick rundown on the world of sports including highlights from the NBA draft. Listen Now!
	Femi Kuti Femi Kuti the oldest son of famed Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti carries the torch and explains how he takes his musical creative process Day By Day. www.myspace.com/femikuti Listen Now!

Hour Two

	Voting Rights Provisions Act Adam Winkler, Professor of Law for UCLA and Kareem Crayton Professor of Law and Political Science at USC School of Law discuss meaning and magnitude of recent Supreme Court ruling to both uphold the Voting Rights Act while extending an exemption to one Texas district. Listen Now!
	Eddie Glaude Regular commentator Eddie Glaude weighs in on the resolution of the U.S. Senate resolution which apologizes for slavery and the injustices of Jim Crow. www.princeton.edu/ africanamericanstudies Listen Now!
	*Dangerous Intimacy* Dr. Christopher Brooks, Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University shares his new book, Dangerous Intimacy: Ten African-American Men with HIV. Listen Now!
	Richmond Tales: Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle Author Summer Brenner's new novel, *Richmond Tales: Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle, is required summer reading for 4th and 5th graders in the troubled community of Richmond, California. The book aims to spur literacy and community pride. Richmond fifth grader Vanessa Cawranza* shares what the book has meant to her. www.summerbrenner.com Listen Now!
	*The Hurt Locker* Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal share their new film on the Iraq war, The Hurt Locker. www.thehurtlocker-movie.com Listen Now!