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Cuban Rhythms

What makes Cuban music so distinctive? Radio host Jonathan Overby describes its history, which blends African rhythms with Spanish elegance.

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Christopher Moore on "The Most Intriguing Words around the World"

 Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.

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Frances Richey on "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War"

Poet Frances Richey calls her latest collection "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War."

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Art Spiegelman on "The Shadow of No Towers"

Art Spiegelman's new book is “In the Shadow of No Towers” in which he recounts his very personal response to 9-11. 

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Ethan Watters on "Urban Tribes"

Ethan Watters is the author of “Urban Tribes.”  Watters says that the TV show “Friends” is a good example of the kind of social group he’s talking about.

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Dangerous Idea: Save the Habitat for All Creatures

Doug Peacock's Dangerous Idea? We need to save the planet before it's too late.

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David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation

Film-maker David Lynch is a long–time practitioner of Transcendental Meditation...

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Colin Thubron on "Shadow of the Silk Road"

The Silk Road was once the great meeting place between the East and the West - a network of ancient trading routes winding through China and India, across Central Asia and Iran to the Mediterranean.

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