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Personality Politics.

Author Robert Schmuhl, Professor and Director of the Program on Ethics and Media at the University of Notre Dame. His new book is "Statecraft and Stagecraft: American Political Life in the Age of Personality." (published by Notre Dame Press). He'll talk with Terry about the personalities in this year's election.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 16, 1992: Interview with Anthony Davis, Cynthia Aaronson, Mark Doss, and Alan Johnson; Interview with Robert Schmuhl; Commentary on Papa Wemba.
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"Tania" in Concert.

Concert and interview with composer Anthony Davis and performers from his new opera, "Tania," -- Soprano Cynthia Aaronson, bass/baritone Mark Doss, and pianist Alan Johnson. Davis's opera premiered this week at the American Music Theatre Festival in Philadelphia. "Tania," is loosely based on the Patty Hearst story.

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