Lester Graham fills in for Cyndy Canty on the first Stateside of the New Year. Cyndy will be back Monday. On today's show: Catholic hospitals, Israeli boycott, music from Ghana, and Pam Byrnes making a run for Congress.
Stateside for Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
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