We just can't know where we're going as a nation until we have a better grasp of where

we've been.

Dr. King spoke to the what he called the evil triplets of militarism, racism, and materialism

that continued to confront America and he was speaking about that back in the 1960s.

Coming up, Adam Russell Taylor recommends places we can visit to better understand the

work of Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement.

We'll also hear about the moments of joy, young people in the Bamyan Highlands of Afghanistan

got to experience when they were introduced to the thrills of downhill skiing and snowboarding.

There's far more interest than there is equipment and so what they would do is they would

go around and collect wood off of sheds or barn doors or whatever.

Tim Neville tells us about the hopefulness he found at the Afghan ski challenge before

the Taliban took over the country and listeners share more of their fondest travel memories.

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The simple fun of slushing down a snowy slope brought real hope to the people in one of

Afghanistan's oldest towns, at least for a few years.

Travel writer Tim Neville tells us what he found at the Afghan ski challenge in Bamyan

province in just a bit.

And listeners share some of their fondest travel memories with us a little later in the

hour.

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