[I've been GUEST this morning because I switched from Firefox to Google Chrome and didn't notice that I needed to log in again.]

Must be that July 4th week is getting broadcasters thinking about alternative views of patriotism, or something... here's another.

Woody Guthrie's Indelible Mark On American Culture, on Talk of the Nation (an interview & call-in radio show), at NPR

This summer of 2012 marks the centennial of the birth of American folk icon Woody Guthrie, on July 14, 1912. A poet of the people, Guthrie wrote some of America's most important songs, including "This Land Is Your Land." He penned ballads that captured the heart of hard economic times and war.

While Guthrie left a lasting mark on music, culture, and politics, he struggled with family poverty, tragedies, and personal demons.

Jeff Place, head archivist of the Smithsonian Folklife Collection, Bob Santelli, Executive Director at the Grammy Museum of Woody Guthrie, and Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Elizabeth Mitchell join NPR's Neal Conan on the National Mall to celebrate the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie.

On that page there's a link to a July 3, 2000, NPR news story, The Story Of Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land'. I'm adding the text of the story to the This Land Is Your Land (first recording)? thread.

~ Becky in Tucson