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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A Dolly Parton memoir, the show Reacher, the game Dredge, and the song "Bittersweet" by Semma.

A federal judge has decided against Apple in the e-books price fixing case. Apple was the only remaining party in the case brought by the Department of Justice that originally included five major publishers. Those publishers had previously settled.

In 1964, Napoleon Chagnon did what few other anthropologists had ever done: He went to the Amazon to study an isolated tribe. His findings cast him out from his profession as a heretic.

The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse ecosystem on the planet. Scientists there say the best way to experience it may be with your ears.

The imagery shows the scale of the destruction in parts of Kentucky, Arkansas and Illinois.

Federal health agencies have to slash their spending on contracts by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts which started this week.

There are questions about what preparations and warnings were in place in the rural central Texas area devastated by deadly flash flooding this weekend.

Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt returns in his occasional role as the "Web Browser" with a look at flu-related oddities he's found on the Internet. Proffitt searched the Web for respirator masks that meet NIOSH N95 standards, and also probed claims the Fiji titi herb can help prevent the flu.

Don’t miss Michael Henszey’s special unplugged performance at NAMBA on March 30, 7PM, featuring George Friedenthal on piano and Maitland Ward on guitar. This intimate evening will showcase songs from his EP, "Fly Away," as well as some classic hits. With a successful music career and collaborations with renowned musicians, Michael’s talent shines through! Tickets are $20 and can be bought on www.NambaArts.com.

Michael Henszey forged his music career in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his early years, a recording studio he co-owned and managed pulled in top-tier clients (e.g. Cheap Trick, Talking Heads - Jerry Harrison). He also produced music for advertising clients such as Lego, Trident, Miller Brewing, and Cartoon Network. As a singer/songwriter, he’s released five albums, performed widely, and collaborated and recorded with many accomplished musicians such as Daxx Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Tim Smith (Sheryl Crow), Willy Porter, Daryl Stuermer (Genesis), Billy 'The Buddha’ Dickens (Aretha Franklin), and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Beck). Michael is currently performing in a duo with keyboardist, George Friedenthal, in Ventura and Santa Barbara. He is also the music director for the Ventura Chapter of the national female-led showcase, Chick Singer Night.

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