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Listeners Weigh In: Transgendered Students Choosing Bathrooms

Editor Ammad Omar and host Michel Martin crack open the listener inbox for BackTalk. They talk about an ongoing conversation on California's new school bathroom law.

Listeners Weigh In: Transgendered Students Choosing Bathrooms

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Learn From Your Grandparents, Says Listener

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for Backtalk. This week, listeners spar over parents and grandparents sending mixed messages.

Learn From Your Grandparents, Says Listener

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Appeals Court Blocks Stop-And-Frisk Changes In New York

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar update law and order stories from New York, Alabama, and Georgia, and they share some listener love for poet Nikki Giovanni.

Appeals Court Blocks Stop-And-Frisk Changes In New York

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Listeners Bean Parents After Dodgeball Conversation

The debate in Congress was about the debt ceiling, and the government shutdown. But listeners had their own showdown over dodgeball. Editor Ammad Omar and host Michel Martin dig through the listener inbox for backtalk.

Listeners Bean Parents After Dodgeball Conversation

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Is The NFL Weakening Defense Of Redskins' Name?

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for Backtalk. This week, they talk about the controversy surrounding the Washington Redskins' team name.

Is The NFL Weakening Defense Of Redskins' Name?

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If Revolution Isn't Televised, Can It Be Tweeted?

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for backtalk. This week, listeners tweet about online activism, and education.

If Revolution Isn't Televised, Can It Be Tweeted?

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Mali's Challenger Concedes, As Zimbabwe Fights Election Results

Guest host Celeste Headlee and editor Ammad Omar crack open the inbox for listener feedback and story updates. This week, they discuss recent elections in Africa.

Mali's Challenger Concedes, As Zimbabwe Fights Election Results

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Decades Later, Her Fans Prove Buika's Teacher Was Wrong

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar open up the listener inbox for backtalk. This week, there's a lot of love for Spanish singer Buika.

Decades Later, Her Fans Prove Buika's Teacher Was Wrong

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Should Art Sale Help Save Detroit?

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener mailbox for backtalk. This week, they talk about a controversy surrounding the possible sale of fine art in Detroit to settle the city's debts.

Should Art Sale Help Save Detroit?

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Famed NY Cop Serpico Calls Out Stop-And-Frisk Defender

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox. This week, listeners like former NYPD Detective Frank Serpico weigh in on a heated interview about the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

Famed NY Cop Serpico Calls Out Stop-And-Frisk Defender

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Listener Encourages Hugs And Violins

Guest host Celeste Headlee and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for feedback. This week, violin lovers say a conversation about aggressive parenting hit the wrong notes.

Listener Encourages Hugs And Violins

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Immigration Comments Touch Nerve With 'Diverse' Canadians

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar dip into Tell Me More listeners' letters to get their take on the week's top stories. This week, Canadian listeners take exception to a comment made on Thursday's show.

Immigration Comments Touch Nerve With 'Diverse' Canadians

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Guantanamo Study Gets Replies

Listeners sound off on the program's hottest conversations as editor Ammad Omar joins host Michel Martin for Back Talk. This week listeners respond to a study that says the U.S. tortured detainees after 9/11.

Guantanamo Study Gets Replies

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Should Toddlers Use Tablets? Listeners Weigh In

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for backtalk. This week, listeners weigh in on whether toddlers should be using tablet computers and other digital gadgets. Editor's Note: The tweet poem is by Bauke Kamstra. The author was incorrectly identified as Carol Pines.

Should Toddlers Use Tablets? Listeners Weigh In

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Who Should We Honor On Presidents' Day?

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox. This week, they clear up a Presidents' Day misunderstanding, and see if the idea of Legos for girls really has legs.

Who Should We Honor On Presidents' Day?

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Emeli Sande Feels America's 'Kind Of Love'

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar open up the listener inbox. They discuss musician Emeli Sandé's rise in the U.S. charts and get feedback about an interview on mental illness and gun violence.

Emeli Sande Feels America's 'Kind Of Love'

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Tell Me More Theme Song Secrets Revealed

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the listener inbox for 'Backtalk.' This week, listeners push back on a conversation about reality TV, secrets of the Tell Me More theme song are revealed, and a former guest ties the knot.

Tell Me More Theme Song Secrets Revealed

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Listeners Light Into Marijuana Conversation

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar open up the listener inbox. This week, many listeners reacted to a segment on marijuana. Tell Me More parses the truth.

Listeners Light Into Marijuana Conversation

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What Rep. Allen West And Obama Have In Common

Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar open up the listener inbox for BackTalk. This week, they fact check a comment Representative Allen West made on the program, comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln. But West is not the only politician who has done that.

What Rep. Allen West And Obama Have In Common

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