Gypsy, Iraqi Symphony, Biophony

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Kurt talks with Broadway diva, Patti Lupone, the star of "Gypsy." And we’ll hear how the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra keeps performing, against all odds, in wartorn Baghdad. An Iraqi guitarist carries his love of American blues into his new life as a refugee in Damascus. And a folkie-turned-biologist gets us to listen to the wild.

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