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PASSION IN THE DESERT PART 2

This week Susi and Michael go to from Reno for some “down-home grub,” to Lake Tahoe,
“where the boys are,” to Carson City, the state’s capital, to Virginia City, “where the gold was,” and back to our home base at the Grand Sierra Lodge in Reno where we learn about gambling and when to “hold ‘em.”
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Passion in the Desert Part 1 Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Come with Susi and Michael this week as they discover Reno and Lake Tahoe in the northwest corner of the state of Nevada, an area of the Old West, with lots
to offer any traveler. Discover Reno’s lore, legends and rarified history which will stir your imagination. Journey to the world famous Lake Tahoe which flows through two states - California and Nevada - and is a place where tradition lives on. You’ll hear all about it from: Michael Thomas, of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mella Harmon, Curator, Nevada Historical Society and Bill Watson, Curator of the Thunderbird Lodge on Lake Tahoe. Reno/Tahoe — more than just casinos - a way of life.

 

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Fashion / Style / The Museum of the City of New York

Is it the end of fashion? The beginning? Or yet another beginning? What does fashion / style tell us about ourselves? The Museum-as-the-City-of-New-York or The City-as-the-Museum, exploring the past, present and the future of New York. Join Let’s Travel and hear what Rubin / Chapelle,www.rubinchapelle.com, and Sarah M. Henry, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, The Museum of the City of New York, www.mcny.org, have to say about fashion / style and the City. What is their take on fashion and the City.

Guests: Sonja Rubin and Kip Chapelle, Fashion Designers, www.rubinchapelle.com

Sarah M. Henry, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, The Museum of the City of New York, www.mcny.org

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A Cinematic Journey
New York Film Festival - Part 1

Join Susi and Richard Pena, Program Director of the
Film Society of Lincoln Center as they tour the world through film.
And, we hear from Clint Eastwood about his new film,
Changeling, based on an extraordinary true-crime story from Los Angeles in 1928
of a mother’s fight to find her missing boy and Matteo Garrone, director
of Gomorrah, a film which explores the international influence of the
Italian crime empire, the Camorra, based in Naples.

 

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French New York/Pockemon
Salut!
Come with Let’s Travel! this week as we explore a little
bit of France in New York City with Pascale Richard of
the French Institute/Alliance Francais who also shares
her favorite places in France with us. And we
discover French Hip Hop culture with members of
the Pockemon troupe.

 

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How to Run a Marathon/Architectural Tourism/Humor

Join us this week on Let’s Travel! for tips on running a marathonfrom the New York Road Runners club. Then it’s on to Czarist Russia with Professor B. Goldsmith who teaches architectural history and design at New York Universityand is the host of TV series on Public Broadcasting System in the USand the British Broadcasting Corporation in England. Then Professor Goldsmith will put on his”humor hat” and talk about his experiences with such comedians as Joan Rivers. Running, Russia and Ribald Humor all this week on Let’s Travel!

 

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Saving Endangered Species in South Africa/Sustainable Tourism Criteria/UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Travel with Susan this week to Limpopo, South Africa to hear how Lente Roode, owner of CampJabulani is saving endangered animals.  Then it’s on to Barcelona where Erika Harms of the United Foundation talks about Ted Turner’s new tourism initiative and how UNESCO is helping to preserve the global heritage.

 

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This is “The Berkshires” part 2.  Susan and Micheal take you again this week to The Berkshires, Mass.

 

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Provender, The Specialty Food Experts, and TRACE Magazine, Transculturalism

Let’s Travel visits with Provender, The Specialty Food Experts, and TRACE
Magazine, which explores transcultural styles +  ideas.  Learn how eating around
the world gives one a demanding palette with Nicola and Joe Lombardi of
Provender.  Eating profits and profit margins!!!  What does food tell us about
ourselves?  What is transculturalism and how is it affecting your life?  How can
you tap into this ongoing and growing trend?  Claude Grunitzky, The Founder,
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of TRACE Magazine, www.trace212.com, including
www.trace.tv, discusses transculturalism and TRACE, a brand being leveraged
globally across various television, radio and interactive platforms.
Transculturalism is both local and global as well as most timely.

 

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TANZANIA: Land of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and The Serengeti

Come with Susan and her guests from Tanzania, including Mrs. Blandina Nyoni, Permanent Secretary, Tanzania Tourist, as they explore the tallest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro; the birthplace of Swahili, the exotic clove-scented, island of Zanzibar, and the site of “The Great Migration”, the Seventh New Wonder of the World, The Serengeti. And discover how and why Tanzania is protecting 38% of its territory and developing nature-friendly/ community-based tourism.

 

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