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We were looking for a Spanish city that’s playing host to a rematch between chess greats Garry Kasparov Garry and Anatoly Karpov. The answer is Valencia. Anchor Marco Werman speaks to two journalists covering the chess re-match: Macauley Peterson writes for The Internet Chess Club, and Leontxo Garcia of Spanish National Radio.
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Anchor Marco Werman reports on the life and work of Italian sociologist Maurizio Montalbini, who died last week at the age of 56. Montalbini spent months at a time living alone in caves to study the effects of isolation. His work was used by NASA and some of the world’s top universities.
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For today’s Global Hit music critic Tom Schnabel tells us about the latest from Senegal’s Baaba Maal. He’s teamed up with the Brooklyn party band, Brazilian Girls.
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for September 22, 2009
