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An insider's guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today

From coast to coast, an insider's guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today

Americana: 05/12/2010

05/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Americana, 05/12/2010

A portrait of the White American Liberal, plus actor Robert Duvall praises small town USA.

Christian Lander, the blogger and self-styled White American Liberal, with a self-deprecating view of his kind. Plus actor Robert Duvall praises small town USA.

Matt Frei examines the big cities and small towns of the United States. Sir Harold Evans, former editor of the Sunday Times, reflects on the ways that America transforms with time; award-winning actor Robert Duvall explains the understated charms of some of the USA's most enduring locations - its small towns; and Christian Lander, creator of the website, 'Stuff White People Like', talks about his newest book, Whiter Shades of Pale," a tour of America's most liberal, white, cities.

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