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Before each speaker visits Heinz Hall as part of the Pittsburgh Speakers Series, they do a brief telephone interview with WQED FM's Jim Cunningham.
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Ruzich Recaps Pollan
January 19, 2012 | listen
Robert Morris University's Dr. Connie Ruzich recaps remarks by food activist Michael Pollan, who has distilled the essence of his earlier books into the handy guidebook "Food Rules." His amusing rules and observations cut through the varying claims of nutrition scientists and food marketers to provide a common-sense guide to eating.
Michael Pollan
January 16, 2012 | listen
Ruzich recaps Chernow
October 13, 2011 | listen
Jim Cunningham reports daily at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm from the PSO's domestic and international tours.
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See a slideshow of the PSO's Spring 2007 West Coast Tour with Jim Cunningham.
Tour finale on 9/11 in Berlin
September 12, 2011 | listen
Jim Cunningham reports on ceremonies at the town hall in Berlin to commemorate the 10th anniverary of the 9/11 attacks with music from Pittsburgh Symphony musicians, and the final concert of the PSO's 2011 European Festivals tour at the Philharmonie in Berlin. Jim talks with composer Wolfgang Rihm, Berlin Philharmonic hornist Sarah Willis, and PSO Vice President of Artistic Planning, Robert Moir.
Beethoven's Second
September 10, 2011 | listen
Conductors, soloists and composers involved in making great Pittsburgh Symphony performances talk about their music.
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Thomas Hampson
February 3, 2012 | listen
Baritone Thomas Hampson joins the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by Manfred Honeck in Brahms' beloved A German Requiem paired with Dvorak's seldom-heard Biblical songs. Hampson describes the similarity of approach by both composers and the interesting companions these two works make.
Juraj Valcuha
January 12, 2012 | listen
Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
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Bob Gangewere's "Palace of Culture"
December 15, 2011 | listen
Former editor of Carnegie Magazine Robert Gangewere has written the first history of a cultural conglomeration that has served millions and inspired the likes of Andy Warhol, August Wilson, and David McCullough. (U. of Pgh Press, 289 pages)
Microscopic Opera - Three Decembers
November 16, 2011 | listen
Hear performances recorded locally in concert or in our studios.
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Joseph Gaines Sings Vaughan Williams
May 12, 2011 | listen
New York-based tenor Joseph Gaines sings "Silent Noon" by Ralph Vaughan Williams with text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Classicial QED 89.3 in a preview of the Pittsburgh Song Collaborative's event "Illuminations: Music, Poetry, and Art" at Carnegie Lecture Hall on May 12 at 7:30. Info at pghsong.org.
Sari Gruber Sings Fauré
May 11, 2011 | listen
Miscellaneous interviews and features (some only available online) and treasures from the Classical QED 89.3 archives.
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Ruzich Recaps Rhee
November 3, 2011 | listen
Robert Morris University's Dr. Connie Ruzich recaps remarks by Michelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of Washington, D.C. schools, who as featured in the documentary "Waiting for Superman." An outspoken advocate of school reform, Rhee founded The New Teacher Project, recruiting 10,000 teachers in 20 states over 10 years. Most recently, she unveiled StudentsFirst on the Oprah Winfrey Show, with a goal to raise $1 billion to catalyze education reform in the U.S.
Ruzich recaps Chernow
October 13, 2011 | listen
Dr. Moira Gunn hosts Public Radio's Tech Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers and technophobes. website
This daily two-minute program is designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. get podcast
Each week, Keillor shares with listeners the latest news and views from the little town where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." get podcast
Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reads a short poem or two. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. get podcast
American Public Media's Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio's weekly conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. Speaking of Faith does not always have religion itself as a subject. Week after week, it grapples with themes of civic life -- asking how perspectives of faith might distinctively inform and illuminate our public reflection. The Speaking of Faith podcasts contain each week's program in its entirety and is updated every Thursday. get podcast
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