Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson urges scientists and fundamentalist Christians to join forces for a shared cause: saving the environment. Then, we hear about a new production of Cole Porter’s 1929 satire Fifty Million Frenchmen. And Amy Wilentz recounts her efforts--as a new transplant--to make sense of California. Plus, the chemistry of laundry on Please Explain.
Saving Earth
In The Creation, the renowned Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson argues that scientists and fundamentalist Christians need to put aside their differences, and work together on saving the environment.
Thursday, November 16th at 7 ...
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Events: A Conversation between E.O. Wilson and Jeffrey SachsThursday, November 16th at 7 ...
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Producer Ian Marshall Fisher talks about reviving Cole Porter’s 1929 satire Fifty Million Frenchmen.
Events: Fifty Million Frenchmen will be performed
September 17, 24, 29 and October 8 at 6:30 pm
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
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Events: Fifty Million Frenchmen will be performed
September 17, 24, 29 and October 8 at 6:30 pm
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
For more information, visit The Lost ...
Amy Wilentz on California
Amy Wilentz tells us about her adventures and misadventures trying to feel at home in California in I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen.
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Please Explain: Laundry
Hilary Anderson, Director of Exhibitions at the National Heritage Museum, and Kim Kostka, the Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin (Rock County), demystify stain removal, water temperature, fabric softener, and bleach on this week’s Please Explain. Call 212-433-9692 with your questions about laundry.
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