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This Week On Metro Connection: Ups And Downs

October 4, 2013
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A rope blocks off the Lincoln Memorial during the government shutdown.
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A rope blocks off the Lincoln Memorial during the government shutdown.

Metro Connection Segments

The government shutdown has been quite the roller coaster ride, so this week we're exploring "Ups and Downs." We'll ask federal workers how they're coping, and discuss how long the D.C. government can defy the feds and remain open. Plus, we'll hear how Head Start preschool programs are being affected by the one-two punch of the shutdown and the sequester. Plus, we'll go physically up and down with a man whose YouTube reviews of local elevators receive thousands of hits.


[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

Arts & Culture

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In 'Egghead,' A New Shel: Burnham Takes On Silverstein

Bo Burnham got his start in comedy on the internet, rather than in clubs. He found fame on YouTube and parlayed millions of views into a thriving career. Now, he's turned to the printed page with Egghead: or, You Can't Survive On Ideas Alone, a collection of comedic poetry modeled on Shel Silverstein.

Food

NPR

School Pulls All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

NPR

Despite Shutdown, Supreme Court Opens Its Doors For New Term

The docket this year has nothing quite as riveting as last year's same-sex-marriage cases, or the challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul from the term before. But once again, the court is facing hot-button social issues and questions of presidential and congressional power.

Technology

NPR

Wanted: A New Generation of High-Tech Aviation Workers

Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.

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