Sat, 31 May 2008
Pollinators Good, Pollen Bad,
part 1 of 2: We speak with bee and butterfly researcher Kevin Matteson
about looking at New York through insects' eyes; and we learn about a
new project that turns New Yorkers into bee researchers. Next week:
Pollen Bad!
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Sat, 24 May 2008
Brand names and identities are more in our lives than ever before--but
they're not in the public domain. We look at branding, "anti-branding",
and the legal issues both carry with them, with Fordham Law Professor
Sonia Katyal.
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Sat, 17 May 2008
This week on the show, we get a little arty with it: The Bronx, the immigration
experience, and the pleasures of wordplay, with poet Janet Kaplan.
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Sat, 10 May 2008
Whether you think he's a fabulous throwback, a dangerous dictator or
just another politician, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has changed
the discourse about Latin American politics--and oil. We talk with
reporter Bart Jones, whose book "Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story, from Mud
Hut to Perpetual Revolution", is out from Steerforth Press.
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Sat, 3 May 2008
Although living in New York can be wonderful...sometimes we all dream of escape. We speak
with author Christina Baker Kline about her "escape from New York" novel, "The Way Life
Should Be", and we find out where New Yorkers would most like to escape to.
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