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Humorist and frequent traveler David Sedaris explains how he's settled in as a 50-something ex-pat in Europe. He also shares a few surprises about what he found in Japan — where he went to learn to quit smoking. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.

David Sedaris in Paris - Audio Europe: Notable Travelers

Passing Stones With David Sedaris

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors. 

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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, Read by the Author - Audiobook Excerpt

If you've ever eaten at Blue Hill or Blue Hill at Stone Barns, you'll know that Dan Barber is one of the most innovative chefs on the planet. He's also one of the most influential—which is why the publication of his new book, The Third Plate, is making waves that extend way beyond the "foodie" community. He's joined by "This American Life" host Ira Glass as he proposes a new pattern of eating rooted in cooking with and celebrating the whole farm—a cuisine as sustainable as it is delicious. Recorded June 11, 2014 at 92nd Street Y.

Dan Barber with Ira Glass: 92Y Talks Episode 7

We live in a world that is recreating itself one life and one digital connection at a time. On this landscape for which there are no maps, Seth Godin is a singular thought leader and innovator in what he describes as our post-industrial "connection economy." Rather than merely tolerate change, he says, we are all called now to rise to it. We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people.

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Seth Godin — The Art of Noticing, and Then Creating

In this session of a symposium held at the Guggenheim as part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, curator Pablo León de la Barra screens an excerpt from a video about Alfredo Jaar and introduces a conversation between artists Tania Bruguera and Luis Camnitzer on art, politics, and pedagogy.
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Artists Discuss Political Art, Immigration, and Identity

Sounds just like her... clearly a party piece. Priceless.

David Sedaris sings Billie Holliday

We take in the extraordinary wisdom of Congressman John Lewis, on what happened in Selma on Bloody Sunday and beyond — and how it might inform our common life today. A rare look inside the civil rights leaders’ spiritual confrontation with themselves — and their intricate art of nonviolence.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/john-lewis-on-the-art-and-discipline-of-nonviolence/5126

John Lewis — You Never Give up on Anyone

Courage is borne out of vulnerability, not strength. This finding of Brené Brown’s research on shame and "wholeheartedness" shook the perfectionist ground beneath her own feet. And now it’s inspiring millions to reconsider the way they live, parent, and navigate relations with members of the opposite gender.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/brene-brown-on-vulnerability/4928

Brené Brown — The Courage to Be Vulnerable

Originally aired on April 2, 2012, Aziz Ansari talks about his new self-released special 'Dangerously Delicious," racial stereotypes and much more on 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross on NPR.

Aziz Ansari interview on NPR -- 4/2/12

A selection from "Understanding Understanding Owls," from LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, a new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). 

From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten.

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Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls, written and read by David Sedaris - An Audiobook Excerpt

Published Sep 21, 2008 - Humorist and frequent traveler David Sedaris tells us how he's settled in as a 50-something ex-pat in Europe on the next Travel with Rick Steves. And he shares a few surprises about what he found in Japan - where he went to learn to quit smoking.  

David helps us tackle the gender of French nouns - sort of - and compares notes with Rick on the most irritating things about tourists in Paris, staying in hotels, and a dirty little secret about some flight attendants.   For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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