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Opinion
Celeste Headlee: America Has Not Produced a Better Orchestrator Than William Grant Still
“Holy cow, I don't know that there's, America has produced any better orchestrator than William Grant Still. Literally over the course of its entire history.”
Celeste Headlee Feb 5, 2019 ▶ 6:37 #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
Opinion
Headlee: Radio mirrors poetry through strict artistic and time constraints
“I think that I think of radio I think of radio as poetry. Because those are two particular art forms that are quite limited. There's so many rules and so much going on that you, that in a way you're, it's quite limited in what you can and can't do. But if you …”
Celeste Headlee Feb 5, 2019 ▶ 16:30 #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
Opinion
Headlee: Public radio is full of navel-gazers constantly analyzing themselves
“You know, NPR is, public radio is full of naval gazers. We are constantly examining success and failure and, you know, staring inside of our belly buttons.”
Celeste Headlee Feb 5, 2019 ▶ 28:55 #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
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