On Second Thought For Thursday, September 8, 2016

ONE Musicfest returns to Atlanta this weekend, and features the reunion of the city's legendary hip-hop collective, the Dungeon Family. We listen back to our conversation with Organized Noize’s Ray Murray about the evolution of Southern hip hop. Plus, Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, who is also performing at ONE Musicfest, adds two more songs to our Georgia Playlist. 

Then, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical “Hamilton” set a new standard in so-called “color-blind” casting when it filled the roles of America’s Founding Fathers with black and Latino actors. But before that show took Broadway by storm, Miranda wrote “In the Heights,” which brought to life the upper Manhattan community of Washington Heights. As Theatrical Outfit’s production opens at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta on Thursday night, we talk to one of the show’s stars and a casting director about diversity on stage and on screen.

And, Georgia Tech researchers are trying to put a dent in schizophrenia's effect on the brain. Two biomedical engineers there have developed a tool to simulate the brain's reaction to schizophrenia. About one percent of Americans live with the condition, which means it's not as common as depression. Still, it’s more common in movies and TV shows. So for some of us, what we know about the disorder mostly comes from the silver screen. For our series “Break It Down,” we look at the actual meaning of schizophrenia with help from Emory University professor Robert Cotes.