On today’s show: Philip Galanes, who writes the Social Q’s column for the New York Times, answers your questions about how to be a gracious house guest or host this summer. The inventor of the board game Cranium—and his brother—on the challenges of trying to start a business in Ghana. Tracie Bennett talks about her acclaimed portrayal of Judy Garland in the Broadway play, “End of the Rainbow.” Plus, our latest Backstory and Underreported segments.
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For this New Sounds, we’ll listen to a rendering of of Steve Reich’s early classic piece, “Drumming” by the music producer Chris Hughes (Tears for Fears, Adam & the Ants) from a reissue of the well-kept “secret” 1994 record, "Shift." It’s an homage to Reich, where Hughes reworks “Drumming,” shifting its interlocking patterns and their evolutions to different sound sources – mesmerizing gamelan sequences, and loops and other melodic percussion.
