With the 2008 schedule nearly complete, host Mike Sullivan interviews Chautauqua President Tom Becker and Director of the Department of Religion Rev. Joan Brown Campbell. Becker and Campbell discuss the lecture program for the opening two weeks of the season and provide a brief rundown of the remaining seven weeks. Weeks Three through Nine will be discussed in more detail during a future podcast.


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The Chautauqua Opera Company's exciting 2008 season is the topic of discussion for Artistic/General Director, Jay Lessinger and podcast host, Mike Sullivan.


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The discussion of the 2008 season continues with podcast host Mike Sullivan and Sherra Babcock, Director of the Department of Education. Topics range from who’s who at 10:45 to the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) book selections and authors.


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In this first podcast of 2008, host Mike Sullivan discusses plans for the upcoming 2008 season with Chautauqua President Thomas Becker and the Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, Director of the Department of Religion.


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What does Dr. Ruth consider the most sexually arousing sentence? When should you not engage in sex? What does Dr. Ruth find scandalous about teenagers today? And why should you emulate the lowly turtle? Listen and find out. But Dr. Ruth also has lots to say that has nothing to do with sex. In this interview with The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, she talks of her life before she became the famed “Dr. Ruth,” of being part of the “Children’s Transport” that brought thousands of refugee Jewish children out of Nazi Germany, and of how music became a source of healing for her. For more information on Dr. Ruth Westheimer, please visit her website at drruth.com.


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