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June 2004

Details, Details

Friday, June 25, 2004

We explore the claim that the truth is in the details. Stops include the New York Public Library, huge and miniature homes in Australia, and a cartoon by Roz Chast, and some concluding thoughts from host Dean Olsher.

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Beeps, Chirps, Shouts and Murmurs

Friday, June 18, 2004

An outpouring of words and sounds. First, we explore the idea of separation of church and state in the classroom. Next, a conversation with sound artist Janet Cardiff about her new audio walking tour of Central Park. From Cardiff, we go in pursuit of urban birdsong. And we end with a Father’s Day-appropriate monologue by comic Wendy Spero. Also this week, appearances by lexicographer Erin McKean, cartoonist Roz Chast and comedian Jonathan Katz.

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From Here to There
Show#441

Friday, June 11, 2004

Getting from here to there – be it running a marathon, transforming public attitudes in a once unruly Latin American city, or finding common ground between a frequently banned artist and the North Dakota community that stands to inherit his strange personal collection. Also this week, music on the street and of the street – it’s the latest installment from the Walkman Buster, and a composition by "sonic alchemists" Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger.

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Taking Sides

Friday, June 04, 2004

A look at things from all sides. At a time when American politics are radically polarized, TNBT’s Amanda Aronczyk talks to voters who have changed their party allegiances. In the world of baseball, we bring you Boston writer Steve Almond with a note of warning to Red Sox fans, and then our own Red Sox fan Michael Kavanagh, who takes us behind the scoreboard at Fenway Park. Also this week, historian Josh Freeman on class mobility and immobility on the New York subway. And a surreal audio postcard that may or may not be from Spain, by Natalie Kestecher.