On the inheriting podcast if you ask a Filipino American or Asian American who is Patrick

Salver they have no clue Pat Salver was a Filipino civil rights hero but his activism

came at a cost.

The FBI labeled me as a troublemaker.

Now his niece unearth's his legacy.

Listen to inheriting from LA's studios

and the NPR network, wherever you get your

podcast. The Library of Congress is famous for its collection of American Cultural Treasures.

More than 10 million items including books, manuscripts, and nearly 4 million pieces of audio.

Each year, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress chooses just 25 pieces

of audio to showcase the rich heritage of America's recorded sound.

Think of it like an audio Hall of Fame.

And our series, The Sounds of America, allows us to spotlight some of the very latest inductees.

Last year we heard from composer Kojikondo about his theme tune for the Super Mario brothers.

We talked about Carl Sagan's pale blue dot and the wonderful Wang dang doodle by Coco Taylor.

We're gonna picture Wang dung-doodle.

This year's list is no less rich. In April we took a quick trip downtown to speak to America's 14th librarian of Congress,

Carla Hayden, who was ready to reveal all.

I always look forward to the recommendations from the recording board, and that's made up of industry, experts, musicians, all types of people who are experts, and then the public

nominations. And when those two come together, it's magic, you have Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer yes should be on the

registry so I look forward to seeing the list from both of those communities and then saying okay which 25 this year are we

going to put on always also knowing that there's next year. So if it doesn't make it this year, a recording

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