Music And War | A History Of Capital Punishment In Oregon | Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy

• University of Oregon folklore and english professor Lisa Gilman discusses her new book, "My Music My War: The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan."

• As part of our on-going series on the death penalty, Bill Long, author of "A Tortured History: The Story of Capital Punishment in Oregon," tells us about Oregon's back-and-forth relationship with the death penalty.

• Three-term Eugene mayor Kitty Piercy joins us to discuss her last 12 years in office, and her long public service career.

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