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Anatomy of Anatomy (© Third Rail Press)He With My Eyes, I in His Shoes
Making vows in New York and Ireland. Also, reflections from students who have completed Gross Anatomy, the first-year medical school rite of passage. And, the story of a Polish-Jewish survivor facing down the last of too many losses, taken from a new novel by Nicole Krauss. Our musical guest is the new music ensemble “Eighth Blackbird.”
Heard on the Second Floor...
...of the Municipal Building in downtown Manhattan: a happy couple tying the knot.
My Sister’s Wedding
Weddings. Who needs them? For the most part they are expensive, exclusive, and as often as not lead to unhappiness somewhere down the line. But when writer Nuala O’Faolain’s sister decides to tie the knot for the second time, in her mid-sixties, O’Faolain discovers a new appreciation for this ceremony of ceremonies. Produced by Emily Botein and Jill Krauss.
Gray Matter
If brain cells could speak, here’s what they might say, according to the imaginings of Mark O’Donnell and Scott Prendergast.
Gross Anatomy
How gross is it really? Former first-years from Cornell's Weill Medical College Rajiv Gupta, Michael Stern and Carrie Zinaman give host Dean Olsher the low down. They first shared their thoughts with Meryl Levin, who combined their words with her photographs for the book Anatomy of Anatomy . Produced by Emily Botein.
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Eighth Blackbird
We sit in on a rehearsal by the new music ensemble Eighth Blackbird, which takes its name from a Wallace Stevens poem. For us, the six-member group plays "Tied Shifts" by composer Derek Bermel. Produced by Matt Lieber.
» Eighth Blackbird website
Die Laughing
Leo Gursky is a Polish-Jewish immigrant. Back in Poland he was in love with a girl named Alma. She left before the war, pregnant with his child. He promised to follow. When he finally made it here, it was too late; she had remarried. So, he lives a life of loss, working as a locksmith. Then comes the final blow: his son dies before he has a chance to meet him. How does someone lose so much, and not lose himself? That’s one of the questions that Nicole Krauss tackles in her new novel, The History of Love, read here by Jack Gruener as Leo and Jacob Weber as his son. Produced by Pejk Malinovski.