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Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 11:00 am

50 years ago Leonard Bernstein took the helm of the New York Philharmonic — and changed American music. We’ll celebrate the irrepressible maestro.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:00 am

China’s superstar pianist Lang Lang is 26 years old, and the face of a new China. He had a big role in the Olympic opening ceremonies, and he joins us from Beijing.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11:00 am

Philip Glass has been called America’s most famous living composer of classical music.
He’s brought his entrancing scores to collaborations with David Bowie and Twyla Tharp, Doris Lessing and Yo-Yo Ma. His operas have brought new music to the stories of Einstein, Gandhi and Robert E. Lee.
Now, at 71, Philip Glass has a new love, a [...]

 
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The Future of Aging
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A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
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The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

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On Point Blog
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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