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Dan AykroydEvery Day I Have the Blues
Dan Aykroyd shares his new book, Elwood's Blues--a collection of interviews he conducted while in character as the Saturday Night Live character of the same name. He'll tell us about his experiences talking to such legends as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and John Lee Hooker. Then, in our weekly Underreported series, we hear from industrial hygienist Monona Rossol about the everyday items that can be dangerous to your health. Next up, Haitian singing star Emeline Michel explores her political and musical convictions in her new album: Rasin Kreyol. Finally, Tara Bray Smith examines her troubled relationship with her mother, and her ties to Hawaii, in her memoir: West of Then: A Mother, A Daughter, and a Journey Past Paradise.
Dan Aykroyd
SNL veteran Dan Aykroyd gets in character to talk about the Blues: Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars.
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Events: Dan Aykroyd appear at Barnes & Noble at Rockefeller Center, Thursday November 4 at 1 pm today
Music: "Sweet Little Angel" by BB King
Louis Jordan an his Tympani Five
Underreported: Industrial Hygiene
Chemist Monona Rossol on practicing good industrial hygiene.
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Music: "How Was It For You" by Gare Du Nord
"Tomorrow" by Amp
Emeline Michel
Haitian vocal superstar Emeline Michel with her new release, Rasin Kreyol.
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Events: Emeline Michel will be performing on:
Friday, November 19th at 12am and 2am
SOB's
204 Varick St.
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Music: Rasin Kreyol, Emeline Michel: "Ban’m La Jwa" / "Zikap"
Tara Bray Smith
Tara Bray Smith on her turbulent childhood in Hawaii: West of Then.
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Music: Soundtrack to Alfie: "Alfie," performed Joss Stone
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Bill Richardson on Diplomacy
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Tom Daschle on Fixing America’s Health Care System
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted President-Elect Barack Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. You can hear Tom Daschle talk about his prescriptions for fixing American’s health care crisis on the Leonard Lopate Show in March 2008.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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