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Jazz organist and composer Akiko Tsuruga died on Saturday, September 14.

A new season of CONVERSATIONS WITH SYDNEY explores the mental health consequences of outing middle school students, the experiences of young trans people, teen resilience in the struggle for civil rights, and the connection between music, creativity, and mania.

In this Season 2 conclusion, CWS talks with three young college students about their use of personal pronouns, and how these terms relate to their sense of their own gender and place in the world.

CWS speaks with two transgender people,Benjamin and Juliette, about their lives and how they have navigated the complex social, psychological, and familial consequences of living transgender lives.

CWS explores resilience in the face of racial terror by speaking with Dr. Terry Roberts, a member of the Little Rock Nine, who at fifteen years old volunteered to help desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

CWS explores the connections between music, mania, and the creative process with Sparni, a talented young musician who lives with Bipolar Disorder.

This inaugural episode of Season 2 explores the social and psychological costs of being outed in middle school by school officials for being queer.

WBGO's SportsJam with Doug Doyle makes FeedSpot's Top Ten NPR Sports Podcast list

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WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with blues guitarist and singer Solomon Hicks