Audio Index: 32:09

Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow one’s hunch(es)

Words:

blues

to catch the attention of

lead singer

solo artist

to struggle with

to relapse

compulsory

to play hooky

to skip school

truancy

detention

mandate

to bask

to palm off

to follow one’s hunch(es)