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  Meeting of Minds - Volume V

  Steve Allen

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  By " assembling" some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk show but featured prominent influencers from bygone generations— not just philosophers and politicians, but poets, playwrights, and presidents. From activists and artists to international leaders— both famous and infamous— these conversations are unfailingly witty, thought-provoking, and genuinely entertaining.
  An innovative series, Meeting of Minds remains one of the most delightful ways of gaining historical perspective ever devised, and these original soundtrack recordings capture the intellectual and spirited debates of the episodes hosted by Steve Allen. The panelists featured in this volume are German theologian Martin Luther, French philosopher and writer Voltaire, Greek philosopher Plato, and social reformer and nurse Florence Nightingale.

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  Questa

  Stephanie Fleischmann

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  Jessie, who hasn’t seen her mother since she was 14, is on her way home, bringing with her a foster child who won’t talk and a runaway they’ve picked up along the way. Meanwhile, her estranged mother awaits their arrival at the bus station in Questa, New Mexico, next to a woman who longs for a disappeared love to return.
   
  
   
  Questa debuted at the historic CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center in New York City in 1991, and received its West Coast premiere in L.A. Theatre Works’ production.
   
  
   
  Recorded at The Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica, in June 1991.
   
  
   
  Directed by Michael Bloom
   
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
   
  
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
   
  Christopher Dreyer as Albert
   
  Valerie Landsburg as Jessie
   
  Dorothy Lyman as Sophie
   
  Alma Martinez as Swan Lady
   
  Bianca Sanchez as Delia
   
  
   
  Produced for Radio by Steve Barker
   
  Stage Manager: Christopher Fox
   
  Original music by Michele Navazio

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  Laughing to America

  Gina Yashere

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  Filmed live in San Francisco, CA, UK's premier black female comedian, Gina Yashere, has come to America! Her unique take on being a cultural insider and outsider never fails to raise the roof as she gives us her take on the news gripping the nation.

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  How to Listen to Music

  Henry Edward Krehbiel

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  This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues - and when to believe the critics. (Summary by Sarah Jennings)

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  No Daylight in That Face -...

  Barry Gifford

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  For a tour of noir cinema, No Daylight in That Face is the perfect companion, and Barry Gifford is an ideal guide. His choice selection of films exposes the menacing, moody, and oftentimes violent underbelly of this dark movie genre that occupies a favorite niche in American popular culture. Some are classics, some are little known and seldom seen, but all, once viewed, are deeply remembered by aficionados of noir. Gifford's roll call of unforgettables includes these, and more: The Asphalt Jungle, Body and Soul, Body Heat, Charley Varrick, Chinatown, The Devil Thumbs a Ride, D.O.A., Double Indemnity, High Sierra, Key Largo, Kiss of Death, Mean Streets, Mildred Pierce, Mr. Majestyk, Out of the Past, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Strangers on a Train, and White Heat. 
   
   
   
  Gifford identifies the directors and names the many noir stars, the greats and not-so-greats who were cast in the indelible roles of hoods, B-girls, psychopaths, grifters, gumshoes, waifs, tarts, femme fatales, mobsters, molls, and ex-cons. 
   
   
   
  With a connoisseur's insight and an offbeat sensitivity perfectly tailored to his subjects, Gifford's brief essays cover a hundred of the noir buff's favorites. His highly polished impressions take the listener through five decades of noir to find both the heart and the art of the plotline.

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  Out in LA - The Red Hot Chili...

  Hamish Duncan

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  The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to be a one-time act for a friend's album release party. 
   
   
    
  Forty years later the funk rock band is arguably one of the best known and the longest running in the United States. 
   
   
   
  Everything that happened in 1983 set the course for the rest of the band's career. The scrappy band quickly rose to scene-wide fame, playing all over Los Angeles, and gaining fans and media attention wherever they performed. Before the year was out, they had played approximately thirty shows, put together an early, beloved repertoire, recorded a blistering demo that secured them a recording contract with EMI/Enigma, and lost two of their founding members to a rival band. 
   
   
   
  Out in L.A. is an attempt at finding out exactly what happened during that first year and exploring what it is that makes the Red Hot Chili Peppers so compelling and fresh, even as they continue on their musical journey today.

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