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2. Arts Education and Graduation Rates (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)


A new study by the Center for Arts Education has found that schools that have increased access to arts education programs also have higher graduation rates. We’ll talk with Richard Kessler, CAE's Executive Director, and Doug Israel, Director …

3. Why Architecture Matters (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)


Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, who writes for The New Yorker, discusses the world of architecture. In Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture, he looks at skyscrapers, museums, airports, monument…

4. Stealing Time (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009)


Don't have time to listen to the entire show? Listen to this and you might gain it. Sue Shellenbarger, "Work & Family" columnist and senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, offers tips on managing time, deadlines and life.

5. Child Custody Changes (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 17 November 2009)


Suzanne Riss, editor-in-chief of Working Mother Magazine, talks about the trend to award primary custody to stay-at-home dads, rather than working mothers.

6. Please Explain: Strokes (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 20 November 2009)


On today’s Please Explain, we take a close look at strokes—the causes, effects, and therapeutic and medical advances that help people recover. We're joined by Dr. Randolph S. Marshall, chief of the Division of Stroke, Columbia University Medi…

8. The Jazz Loft Project


Explore The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series Jazz in the Flower District: Photographer W. Eugene Smith moved into a loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, in the heart of New York’s Flower District,....

9. Parasites (Radiolab: Friday, 25 September 2009)


What's gotten into you? In this hour we explore nature's moochers - the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe). Could parasites be the shadowy hands …

10. Racing to the Top (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 16 November 2009)


Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York Board of Regents, talks about New York's application for federal Race to the Top funds.