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Readers Club | Olivia Ford

Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard’s health declines, and her friends’ lives become focused on their grandchildren—which Jenny never had—Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes.

Readers Club | Olivia Ford

46m 50s

  • Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors' Leadership Institute Part 6: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors' Leadership Institute Part 6

    S2024 E23 - 27m 20s

    Jim Ogsbury, Executive Director of the Western Governors’ Association (WGLI) sits down with Current WGLI Delegate, Isaiah Torres, New Mexico and former WGLI delegate, David C. Saavedra, to understand the reluctance of the next generations to devote their lives to public service, new ways people are choosing to consume information, and the hopes for change in the future.

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    Readers Club | Julia Alvarez

    51m 48s

    Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of the novel, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally.

  • "Music and Mind" by Renée Fleming: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    "Music and Mind" by Renée Fleming

    S2024 E16 - 28m 28s

    A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, including providing pain relief, alleviating anxiety and depression, regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury, and improving mobility for people with disorders that include Parkinson’s disease and MS.

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