This edition: Episodio #80: Carmen Meléndez-Vásquez, Natalia Toledo, Anita Tijoux
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Original tape date: November 4, 2010.Comenzamos este episodio visitando a la investigadora venezolana Carmen Meléndez-Vásquez en su laboratorio de ciencias biológicas en Hunter College. Carmen nos habla de sus investigaciones con células nerviosas y de su posible aplicación contra la esclerosis múltiple.
A continuación nos dirigimos a la Sociedad de las Américas, en el lado este de Manhattan, donde Carmen Boullosa charla con Natalia Toledo, poeta mejicana con obra bilingüe en español y zapoteco.
Y finalmente, cruzamos el East River para ir al Colectivo de Arte Rebel Diaz, en el Bronx. Allí conoceremos a la cantante francesa de origen chileno Anita Tijoux y su último disco “1997”.
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We begin this episode with a visit with Venezuelan researcher Carmen Meléndez-Vásquez in her biological sciences lab at Hunter College. Carmen will tell us about her research on nerve cells and its potential use to fight multiple sclerosis.
Next, on Manhattan's East Side, at the Americas Society, Carmen Boullosa will talk with Natalia Toledo, a Mexican poet who has published bilingual books in Spanish and Zapotec.
Finally, we'll cross the East River and visit the artist collective Rebel Diaz in the Bronx. We will learn about Chilean rapper Anita Tijoux and her latest album, 1977.
Guest List
Carmen Boullosa Distinguished Lecturer, City College/CUNY
Prof. Patricio Lerzundi Chair of the Journalism, Communication, and Theatre Department (JCT) at Lehman College
Carmen Mélendez-Vásquez Profesora Asistente, Hunter College/¨CUNY
Tomasz Rusielewicz Estudiante de Doctorado, Hunter Colleg/CUNY
Ambika Tewari Asistente de Investigación, Hunter College/CUNY
Ana Tijoux Rapera
Natalia Toledo Escritora
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