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Articulate
Drawing Meaning from Life
Season 6
Episode 7
Comics are nothing new. For at least 8,000 years, we’ve been using pictures to tell stories and communicate new ideas. Today, graphic novels have a lot to say. And so do the creators behind them.
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Bassist Joseph Conyers in concert and conversation

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Timothy Showalter uses music to survive the world. John Jarboe wants to help change it.

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Beauty is assumed to be a passport to a better life, but in truth is a transitory visa.

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Novelist Veronica Roth and pianist Amy Yang see a way forward.

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Pain is inevitable for humans. And: Is Gil Shaham the last musician to own a great violin?

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Singer-songwriter Yuna and architect Doris Sung make things better.

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Teddy Abrams: Articulate in Difficult Times

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Painter Horace Pippin and singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading pushed their artforms.

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Shoes have been a reflection of human development: social, technological, cultural.

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Both flutist Claire Chase and architect Mónica Ponce de León love a challenge.

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Theater director Kenny Leon and author Sophie Blackall fearlessly harness honesty.

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Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and composer David Serkin Ludwig