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10:00NORAD tapes

Guest host: Susan Page

Journalist Michael Bronner discusses America's military response on the morning of September 11th based on newly released audiotapes from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Northeast headquarters.

Guests

Michael Bronner, journalist and author of "9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes", Vanity Fair, September 06 issue

Colin Scoggins, military specialist, Boston Air Route Traffic Controller, FAA

11:00Daniel Levitin: "This Is Your Brain On Music" (Dutton)

Guest host: Susan Page

Music is part of every known human society, and scientists want to know why. A musician and neuroscientist describes new research on the brain and why he believes music might be at the heart of human nature itself.

Guests

Daniel Levitin, head of the Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill University, where he holds the Bell Chair in the psychology of electronic communication.

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