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CAST Schools is a nonprofit organization that partners with school districts to develop and support public high schools that get students ready for in-demand careers in San Antonio. Jeanne Russell, Executive Director for CAST Schools, along with a student panel representing CAST Tech High School, CAST STEM High School, CAST Med High School, CAST Lead High School, and the Advanced Learning Academy, join us to talk about the benefits for families of enrolling their students. The CAST Schools campuses are accepting applications for enrollment for the 2021–2022 school year through January 29, 2021.

An exciting new, online platform called Narrating Gaza, sets out to collect and showcase personal anecdotes, arts and commentary about day-to-day life in Gaza. The Al Qattan Foundation's Mahmoud Hashash, one of the project's producers, joins us on the show to tell us all about it. Plus, in a place where for the last 62 years at least, magic and miracles have seemed so very far away, we find out how a local Bethlehem man came to be one of the Arab world's most celebrated illusionists. Featuring music by MIA, Elvis Presley, The Breeders, Black Heart Procession, Karen Dalton, Jesus and Mary Chain, Iggy Pop, Shirley Ellis and Tunng.