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The Next Big Thing Archive
July 2002
August, Alzheimer's and a Tour of Chinatown
Sunday, July 28, 2002
The Next Big Thing is August – therapists on leave, and REAL tomatoes from a farmer who left behind the place, but not the pace, of New York City. It’s also a guided tour of Chinatown’s side streets, and a look at Alzheimer’s as something more than the latest statistic.
Music, Make-Believe Movies and Made-Up Stories
Sunday, July 21, 2002
Voices from the slave gallery of a New York City church, music and memories from the vast collection of an 86-year-old ethnomusicologist, make-believe movies, and made-up stories...by you, our listeners.
Words, Words and More Words
Sunday, July 14, 2002
Words, words, and more words in this week’s show. Political words twisted, poetic words remembered, and new words not (yet) in the dictionary. Also, an exploration of patriotic bug art and a new drama from novelist Meg Wolitzer.
Death, longing, love
Sunday, July 07, 2002
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The Next Big Thing is death, longing, love … in other words: Fado, music from Portugal that will take your breath away. It's being haunted by the old neighborhood with writer Philip Lopate. It's news that's not news, and how you feel when you're about to eat cake.