State of the Re:UnionState
Back to the Basics
Thu Jun 20 at 9 pm
This episode explores school, community, and the dropout crisis in this country. We hear personal stories of failure and success at school, talk to experts on why kids drop out and what makes them stay, and report on innovations in teaching and learning from the Missouri Ozarks to Brooklyn, New York.
WorldWorld of Opera
Falstaff
Mon Jun 24 at 9 pm
Verdi's final two operas, Otello and Falstaff, were both based on Shakespeare. Together, they may be the finest valedictory in the history of opera, and Falstaff may also be the most optimistic. CAST: Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff); Fabio Capitanucci (Ford); Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford); Irina Lungu (Nannetta); Laura Polverelli (Meg Page); Daniela Barcellona(Mistress Quickly); Francesco Demuro (Fenton); Caro Bosi (Dr. Caius); Riccardo Botta (Bardolph); Alessandro Guerzoni (Pistol)La Scala, Milan; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus; Daniel Harding, conductor
State of the Re:UnionState
Coming Home
Thu Jun 27 at 9 pm
More than two million veterans have come home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars so far. And even though war has been with us since the beginning of human memory, how to come back and start a new life is a puzzle we haven’t yet solved. In this episode, listeners hear firsthand accounts of veterans making sense of war and starting over... some struggling with lingering injuries, physical and mental.
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