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Challenges for African Migrants; Freakonomics on Feynman; Ten Question Quiz: Women's History; Appliances That Last; Find Your Hobby: Pottery
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 1, 2024
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- After news broke this week of two separate overcrowded locations housing dozens of migrants from Africa, Amaha Kassa, founder and executive director of African Communities Together, talks about the challenges facing African asylum seekers in the city.
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Stephen Dubner, host of "Freakonomics Radio" and the co-author of the Freakonomics books, talks about their 3-part series on Richard Feynman, known for his work in theoretical physics and for his boundless curiosity.
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To mark the start of Women’s History Month, listeners try their hand at a women’s history quiz.
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Appliances are rarely built to last these days, but many from the past are still as good as new. Anna Kramer, technology and climate journalist, author of the newsletter, "Bite into this," talks about her love of the durable KitchenAid stand mixer, and listeners call in to share which gadgets and technologies have survived years of use in their homes.
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In this membership-drive mini-series, we get to know about hobbies and building skills and finding communities for fun. Today, Ellen Day, ceramicist and the founder and director of the BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center in Long Island City, shares her passion for pottery.
