Jennifer Jacquet recommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sacred music provided comfort and hope to generations of African Americans, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Music historian Robert Darden tells this inspiring story and we hear lots of great music.
Erica Rowell has worked in the movie industry and as a journalist. She's the author of "The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen."
How do composers and performers play with our expectations to keep the brain interested in music?
Christian Lander sees himself as an expert on "Stuff White People Like".
David Kusek tells Jim Fleming how the digital music revolution is changing the way people consume music and what the record industry will have to do to survive.
Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
David Cantwell and Bill Friskics-Warren are the co-authors of “Heartaches by the number: Country Music’s 500 Greatest Singles.”
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