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#DamienTalks Special Edition: Our New Central Valley Writer, Graham Wheat

12:44 PM PDT on July 27, 2015

Today, Damien Talks with Graham Wheat our new Central Valley writer for Streetsblog California.

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Topics include:his life, transportation habits, journalism experiences and future-favorite-writing-projects. The Bakersfield native and resident has a lot of interesting views, including his big hopes for California High Speed Rail and what it can be for Bakersfield and the rest of the world.

Check it out, I can think of no better way to meet someone than to listen to a conversation between that person and me using my "NPR Voice."

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Thanks for listening. You can download the episode at the Damien Talks homepage on Libsyn.

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