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Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020: Stretch and Bobbito, WHOOP-Szo and more

Today on q: hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito, poet Kaveh Akbar, Adam Sturgeon of the band WHOOP-Szo.
Pioneering hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito, poet Kaveh Akbar, Adam Sturgeon of the band WHOOP-Szo. (Getty Images, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Killbeat Music)

Today on q, with host Tom Power:

  • Legendary hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito discuss their debut album, No Requests, and reflect on their 30-year career.
  • Award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar talks about what it's like to be an Iranian-American poet working in the U.S. during such a divisive time.
  • WHOOP-Szo's Adam Sturgeon discusses the band's new album, Warrior Down, and performs some special stripped-down acoustic versions of their songs.

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