Every year, Leonard Lopate plays some of his favorite Gospel songs in honor of Good Friday and Easter. Then, playwright Austin Pendleton and actor John Judd tell us about the new procuction Orson’s Shadow. Dr. Peter Green, from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, tells about a little-known, though fairly common, ailment: celiac disease. Finally, on our weekly Please Explain feature we delve into the science and history of making honey.
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A Gospel Celebration
Leonard Lopate’s annual Good Friday and Easter Gospel show.
Music:
CD2/16 "The Sun Didn’t Shine" Alphabetical 4 (as good as it gets/1943)
3 "Wasn’t It a Pity How They Punished My Lord" Clara Ward & the Famous Ward Singers (Martha Bass)
16 "Poor Little Jesus" Marion Williams ...
Music:
CD2/16 "The Sun Didn’t Shine" Alphabetical 4 (as good as it gets/1943)
3 "Wasn’t It a Pity How They Punished My Lord" Clara Ward & the Famous Ward Singers (Martha Bass)
16 "Poor Little Jesus" Marion Williams ...
Orson's Shadow
Playwright Austin Pendleton and actor John Judd on Orson’s Shadow--a new play that tries to imagine how the larger-than-life personalities of theater critic Kenneth Tynan, Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, and Vivien Leigh interacted behind the scenes of the 1960 stage production of Rhinoceros at the Royal Court Theatre ...
Celiac Disease
Dr. Peter Green from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, discusses the digestive disorder celiac disease: the inability to digest gluten.
Events:
Family screening for celiac disease
Saturday, April 2nd (8am-5 pm)
Columbia University Medical Center
701 West 168th Street, at the Hammer ...
Events:
Family screening for celiac disease
Saturday, April 2nd (8am-5 pm)
Columbia University Medical Center
701 West 168th Street, at the Hammer ...
Robbing the Bees
Holley Bishop, author of Robbing the Bees, and Dr. Mike Stanghellini, an entomologist and extension specialist at Rutgers, detail the making of honey on our regular Friday feature, Please Explain.
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» Visit the Expert Forum on Honey Bees for more information
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