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651: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Act Two

Hole in the Wall

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Producer Neil Drumming has steadfastly avoided one bar in his neighborhood because of the controversy that surrounds it—until recently, when he noticed that lots of people he didn’t expect to go there were becoming regulars. He finds out why. (16 minutes)

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Neil Drumming

Song:

“Brooklyn” by Mos Def

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