Jon Kalish
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- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Jon Kalish
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Distillations Episode 177: The Twilight Years
(18:01)
From: Distillations
Part three in our series, The Stages of Life, spotlighting the chemistry found in childhood, adulthood, and old age. First, a look at how brain connections break down over ...
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Hacker Scouts
(06:40)
From: Jon Kalish
The DIY/maker movement is creating formal opportunities for kids who like to make things with their hands.
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Gay and Orthodox
(10:38)
From: Interfaith Voices
In Orthodox Judaism, to be both actively gay and "frum," or observant, is a theological taboo. Producer Jon Kalish spoke to four Orthodox men and women who are trying to ...
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Barrack 18
(27:39)
From: Jon Kalish
The trues story of the Jews who counterfeited for the Third Reich.
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Andy Statman's Journey
(27:47)
From: Jon Kalish
A profile of the Brooklyn-based bluegrass/klezmer virtuoso
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Jimmy Breslin: The Art of Climbing Tenement Stairs
(28:48)
From: Jon Kalish
A profile of the legendary newspaper columnist.
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A Tribute to Spalding Gray
(28:51)
From: Jon Kalish
Interviews with Gray and those who knew him, as well as excerpts from one of his performances.
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