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Picking up the Pieces
Former Deputy Inspector Vito Spano and author Stacy Horn describe what it’s like to be a homicide detective in the NYPD's cold-case squad. Then, Kathryn Crosby, Bing Crosby’s widow, and historian Martin McQuade tell us about a retrospective of the legendary crooner’s films at Lincoln Center. Finally, Elizabeth Royte explains what happens to our trash when we throw it out in Garbage Land.
The Restless Sleep
Former NYPD Cold Case Squad Deputy Inspector Vito Spano and Stacy Horn, a contributor to NPR’s "All Things Considered," share true-crime stories about what it’s really like to work as a homicide detective. In New York, these detectives are faced with thousands of unsolved murders. And in The Restless Sleep, Ms. Horn reveals how detectives try to crack cases that occurred 10, 20, or even 50 years ago.
» Read an excerpt of The Restless Sleep in the Reading Room
Music:
“Heat” soundctrack, tracks “Heat’ by Kronos Quartet and “Always Forever Now” by Passengers
What a Swell Party This Is
Before Elvis, Bing Crosby was the best-selling, reigning star of popular music. Making a name for himself in radio, film, and television, he was a fixture in American popular culture from the 1930s through the 1960s. We’ll hear from Mrs. Kathryn Crosby, Bing’s widow, and from Crosby historian Martin McQuade, about the film retrospective “What a Swell Party This Is!” at The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
» More on "What a Swell Party This Is!"
Music:
Bing Crosby’s “After You’re Gone,” “Gone Fishin’,” “Dear Hearts and Gentle People,” and “I’m an Old Cowhand”
The Secret Trail of Trash
Elizabeth Royte decided to find out what exactly happened to her trash after she threw it out. She tells us what she found out, and how it changed the way she looks at garbage, in Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash.
Music:
“Night on Earth” soundtrack, music by Tom Waits, tracks “New York Mood’ and “Baby I’m not a Baby Anymore”
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