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From Prodigies to Paragons

From Prodigies to Paragons

Season 9 Episode 1
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Unremitting

Unremitting

Season 9 Episode 2
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Fearless Pursuits

Fearless Pursuits

Season 9 Episode 3
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By Their Stars

By Their Stars

Season 9 Episode 4
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Long and Winding Roads

Long and Winding Roads

Season 9 Episode 5
26:46
The Insatiables

The Insatiables

Season 9 Episode 6
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Conscientious Evolution

Conscientious Evolution

Season 9 Episode 7
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Crossing Cultures

Crossing Cultures

Season 9 Episode 8
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Knowing His Place

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds has enjoyed more than a quarter century of acclaim. Success came with a keen awareness of place and time.

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Home and Away
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Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Zewde have developed creative practices that blend cultures.
Crossing Cultures
26:46
Time for Three and Akram Khan have drawn from disparate cultures to create original work.
Conscientious Evolution
26:46
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds and architect Jeanne Gang have thrived apart from trends.
The Insatiables
26:46
Composer Stephen Schwartz and writer Susan Orlean have relentlessly inquiring minds.
Long and Winding Roads
26:46
For composer Anaïs Mitchell & writer Douglas Stuart, triumphs can be years in the making.
By Their Stars
26:46
Rock band The Killers, choreographer Mark Morris, and violinist Augustin Hadelich.
Fearless Pursuits
26:46
Michael Cunningham and Joan Kane didn’t let obstacles stand in the way of potential.
Unremitting
26:46
Writer Kate DiCamillo and theater artist Ping Chong have navigated winding paths.
From Prodigies to Paragons
26:46
Recognized early for their gifts, Yaa Gyasi and Sarah Jarosz are now becoming role models.
What Might Be
26:46
Samuel R. Delany and Orkan Telhan interrogate the present to glimpse the future.
Reflexive Cognition
26:46
Observation is vivid in the works of Paul Muldoon and Daniel Arsham.
Virtuous Reality
26:46
Yusef Komunyakaa and Jennifer Weiner know that honest work can reveal new truths.
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