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NEWS

Under the Radar: Callie Crossley


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Under the Radar with Callie Crossley looks to alternative presses and community news for stories that are often overlooked by big media outlets. Tune in to hear the news you haven't heard
FROM THE VAULT

Rock 'n' Roll Legend Dick Dale on the Origins of Surf Guitar Music


By Elizabeth Deane
The Beach Boys may have surpassed Quincy-born Dick Dale in popularity, but he owns the title "King of the Surf Guitar." Learn why in this WGBH Archives video interview from the award-winning series "Rock & Roll."
LOCAL POLITICS

Menino Occupies The 'Greater Boston' Set


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By WGBH News
In his annual Thanksgiving visit to Emily Rooney's set, Boston mayor Tom Menino said he won't be the first to kick Occupiers out of Dewey Square but the movement's time may be running out. Also: a new project at the Filene's site in six months?
Greater Boston

Father And Son Martin Sheen And Emilio Estevez On The Way


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By Jared Bowen
El Camino de Santiago is a path for pilgrims which stretches more than 500 miles from France to Spain. It's arduous and emotional especially as depicted in the new film The Way which receives a very intimate treatment via a collaboration between father and son Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
Author Interviews

Let's Talk About Seduction, Part 2


PAGE ONE: LET'S TALK ABOUT SEDUCTION
By Kyanna Sutton
Part two of an interview with Elaine Sciolino, author of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life.
Author Interviews

Let's Talk About Seduction


By Kyanna Sutton
For the French, seduction isn't simply a question of sex. It's a mindset that transcends sexual conquest, relating to how one approaches one's life as a whole experience. Elaine Sciolino, Paris correspondent and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, offers a few tips for joie de vivre in her new book, La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life.
Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One

Skip Gates And Ilan Stavans


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In 2003, Latinos surpassed African Americans as the largest minority group in the US. What does the future hold for these two communities? Watch this conversation with leading cultural thinkers, Henry Louis Gates and Ilan Stavans.
American Experience

Recalling The Stonewall Uprising


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American Experience's Stonewall Uprising recalls the 1969 riot that erupted after police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar.
The Bach Hour

Richard Egarr and The Well-Tempered Clavier


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The Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music takes you inside Bach's masterful works for harpsichord.
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Pioneers of Television

Sitcoms


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Sitcoms are featured, including "I Love Lucy," "Make Room for Daddy," "The Honeymooners" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Actors Joyce Randolph, Marlo Thomas, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke reminisce.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe


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Producer Brian Bell profiles the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Principal Flutist.
Opera

Steven Lipsitt on BLO's The Emperor of Atlantis


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The Boston Lyric Opera's conductor previews Ullmann's opera with 99.5 All Classical host Cathy Fuller.
99.5 Host Notes

Bach's Christmas Oratorio


By Brian McCreath
Hear Bach's masterpiece for the Christmas season.

The Emily Rooney Show

Rushdie Explores Video Games In New Novel


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By Jess Bidgood
World-famous author Salman Rushdie discussed parenthood, Harry Potter and his new novel, Luka and the Fire of Life with WGBH's Emily Rooney.
CRITICAL MASS: ADAM REILLY ON POLITICS

'Young Gun' Golnik Agrees With Dems... Sometimes


By Adam Reilly

Greater Boston's Adam Reilly sits down with 5th Congressional District GOP candidate Jon Golnik.

Music Interviews

Jazz conversations


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Over the years, 89.7 WGBH jazz host Eric Jackson has spoken to many of the great jazz masters of our times. Listen to our archive of jazz conversations.

The Guests

Maria's Conversation with Queen Noor


By Maria Hinojosa

Maria Hinojosa interviews Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan.

Kids Media Matters

What matters to... Kevin O’Connor


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Kevin has been nominated for an Emmy and has renovated his own Victorian house, but his greatest challenge and accomplishment is being a father. In the new Kids Media Matters feature, Kevin talks about raising young children in a crowded media world.

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