>> YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY UP HERE, I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT HOW THE CAPITOL LOOKS GREAT FROM A DISTANCE.

BUT AS YOU GET A LITTLE CLOSER, YOU START TO SEE DAMAGE.

>> WATER HAS COME DOWN FROM THE UPPER DOME, AND ONCE IT STARTS GETTING INTO THIS PLASTER AREA IS WHERE WE REALLY START SEEING THE DAMAGE BECAUSE PLASTER AND WATER REALLY DON'T GO TOGETHER.

>> CATHY: DAVID GILLETTE AND MARY LAHAMMER SPENT SEVERAL YEARS DOCUMENTING THE RENOVATION OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.

OKAY, MYSTERY BUFFS, GATHER ROUND.

IT IS TIME FOR THE FIRST INDEX FILE QUESTION OF 2026.

FOR THIS WEEK'S EFFORT WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE SPRING OF 1966.

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THIS WEEK BACK IN 2013 THE MOTHER BANJO BAND STOPPED BY STUDIO B. HERE THEY ARE PERFORMING "WITNESS," A SONG THEY ORIGINALLY WROTE AND PERFORMED AT A FRIEND'S WEDDING.

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