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	    <title>The 7th Ave Project: All About Fado</title>
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	    <title>The 7th Ave Project: After Disaster</title>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: What's In A Face</title>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: The Music of "Stew"</title>
            <description>Art, authenticity, race and identity mix it up in the music of the acclaimed singer-songwriter known as Stew. He discusses his musical "Passing Strange," now out in a screen version from Spike Lee.</description>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: The Origins of Life on Earth</title>
            <description>It's alive! Biochemist and astrobiologist David Deamer describes how life may have begun on Earth, perhaps with a little help from outer space.</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>It's alive! Biochemist and astrobiologist David Deamer describes how life may have begun on Earth, perhaps with a little help from outer space.</itunes:subtitle>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: One Fast Move or I'm Gone</title>
            <description>Film maker Curt Worden discusses his documentary about Jack Kerouac's novel"Big Sur." Also, writer Robert Sullivan reflects on cross-country car trips. </description>
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            <itunes:summary>Film maker Curt Worden discusses his documentary about Jack Kerouac's novel"Big Sur." Also, writer Robert Sullivan reflects on cross-country car trips. </itunes:summary>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: The Philosophical Baby</title>
            <description>Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has spent decades studying the minds of infants and young children. Her conclusion: babies are smarter, more aware and more caring than scientists previously realized. Also, inventor Joshua Klein on the surprising intelligence of crows.</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Psychologist Alison Gopnik on the surprisingly advanced thinking of young children; Joshua Klein on the remarkable intelligence of crows.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has spent decades studying the minds of infants and young children. Her conclusion: babies are smarter, more aware and more caring than scientists previously realized. Also, inventor Joshua Klein on the surprising intelligence of crows.</itunes:summary>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Born Rich, Wondering Why</title>
            <description>Two American heirs who grew up wealthy question their good fortune and now advocate greater economic equality. They discuss their own experiences of wealth and the distribution of wealth in the country.</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Two heirs to large family fortunes talk about their own experiences of wealth and economic inequality in America</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Two American heirs who grew up wealthy question their good fortune and now advocate greater economic equality. They discuss their own experiences of wealth and the distribution of wealth in the country.</itunes:summary>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Planetwalker--The Pilgrimage of John Francis</title>
            <description>For two decades, environmental activist John Francis travelled America on foot while keeping a vow of silence. Along the way, he got to know a side of himself and this country that few experience. He describes his pilgrimage to host Robert Pollie.</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Environmentalist John Francis describes his two-decade pilgrimage on foot and in silence across the US</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>For two decades, environmental activist John Francis travelled America on foot while keeping a vow of silence. Along the way, he got to know a side of himself and this country that few experience. He describes his pilgrimage to host Robert Pollie</itunes:summary>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Wealth and the Limits of Materialism</title>
            <description>In his ongoing look at wealth in America, host Robert Pollie gets an alternative view from Zen abbot Steve Stückey and humanitarian doctor/clown Patch Adams.</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>Zen Center abbot Steve Stückey and activist doctor Patch on the limits of materialism</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>In his ongoing look at wealth in America, host Robert Pollie gets an alternative view from Zen abbot Steve Stückey and humanitarian doctor/clown Patch Adams.</itunes:summary>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Percussion Takes Center Stage</title>
            <description>Orchestral percussionist Galen Lemmon shares some of the sounds of this year's Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Featuring marimba, vibes, steel drums, timpani, even a tuned  anvil. Then, sacred drums: a visit with Afro-Cuban Batá drummer Michael Spiro.</description>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Two master percussionists share their artistry: Orchestral percussionis Galen Lemmon of the Cabrillo Festival and Afro-Cuban drummer Michael Spiro</itunes:subtitle>
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Against Reductionism</title>
            <description>More than the sum of the parts. Nobel prizewinning physicist Robert Laughlin says nature can't always be reduced to its individual components. Plus, Maestra Marin Alsop of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music</description>
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            <description>Paleontologist Neil Shubin describes how scientists are reconstructing the history of life from fossils and DNA, how genes shape bodies and what we have in common with fruit flies.</description>
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            <itunes:summary>Paleontologist Neil Shubin describes how scientists are reconstructing the history of life from fossils and DNA, how genes shape bodies and what we have in common with fruit flies.
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            <itunes:subtitle>Writer Mat Johnson talks about growing up as a black boy who looked white. Then, Yiddish Punk with Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird</itunes:subtitle>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
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            <itunes:summary>WriterJonathan Ames talks about his graphic novel, "The Alcoholic," his upcoming HBO comedy series and his double life as public and private figure. 
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	    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Wealth Ain't What it Used to Be</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank on the super-rich and the recession; where to stash your gold</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal on the impact of the economic crisis on the upper upper crust. Also: where to stash your gold bullion: Lynel Berryhill of Brown Safe Manufacturing, purveyor of luxury vaults and safes.</itunes:summary>
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            <description>Geoffrey Pullum, linguist and author of "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language," discusses the grammar wars, common misconceptions about English and whether we really can talk to the animals.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>Linguist Geoffrey Pullum on grammar misconceptions; the stability of language.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Geoffrey Pullum, linguist and author of "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language," discusses the grammar wars, common misconceptions about English and whether we really can talk to the animals.</itunes:summary>
			<itunes:duration>00:55:49</itunes:duration>
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            <description>Philosopher Alva Noë says consciousness isn't in the brain.</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>Philosopher Alva Noë on consciousness.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Philosopher Alva Noë says consciousness isn't in the brain.</itunes:summary>
			<itunes:duration>00:55:49</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:author>Robert Pollie - The 7th Avenue Project</itunes:author>
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		    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Mother's Day Confidential</title>
            <description>What it means to have a mom, what it means to be one and the unspoken truths of motherhood.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>What it means to have a mom, what it means to be one.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>What it means to have a mom, what it means to be one and the unspoken truths of motherhood.</itunes:summary>
			<itunes:duration>57:03</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:author>Robert Pollie - The 7th Avenue Project</itunes:author>
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		    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Portraits in Conviction</title>
            <description>New films on Youssou N'Dour and Australian sprinter Peter Norman, who supported the raised fist protest at the 1968 Olympics. Interviewees include 1968 Olympic bronze medalist John Carlos</description>
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            <author>Robert Pollie - The 7th Avenue Project</author>
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            <itunes:subtitle>New films on Youssou N'Dour and Australian sprinter Peter Norman. Featuring Olympic medalist John Carlos.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>New films on Youssou N'Dour and Australian sprinter Peter Norman, who supported the raised fist protest at the 1968 Olympics. Interviewees include 1968 Olympic bronze medalist John Carlos</itunes:summary>
			<itunes:duration>59:01</itunes:duration>
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		    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Mathematics in Music and in Motion</title>
            <description>Mathematician Keith Devlin discusses his collaboration with choral group Zambra. Plus dancer/mathematician Karl Schaffer, and the most important math discovery you've never heard of.</description>
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            <author>Robert Pollie - The 7th Avenue Project</author>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
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            <itunes:summary>Mathematician Keith Devlin discusses his collaboration with choral group Zambra. Plus dancer/mathematician Karl Schaffer, and the most important math discovery you've never heard of.</itunes:summary>
            <itunes:duration>58:30</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:author>Robert Pollie - The 7th Avenue Project</itunes:author>
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		    <title>The 7th Avenue Project: Our Parasites, Ourselves</title>
            <description>Evolutionary biologist and parasite maven Marlene Zuk. Plus, parasite music with singer Daniel Kahn.</description>
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            <itunes:duration>58:03</itunes:duration>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:31:19 -0800</pubDate>
            <itunes:subtitle>Ry Cooder discusses his 'California Trilogy' and its latest installment, 'I, Flathead.'</itunes:subtitle>
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            <itunes:duration>01:00:05</itunes:duration>
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