The State of Things
11:47 am
Tue March 22, 2011

A Renaissance Man For The Modern Age

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  • Leon Botstein speaks with host Frank Stasio before giving a series of talks at Duke University.

Leon Botstein is on a mission to make Americans think more. As president of Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley, he pushes science education as well as arts and humanities. This may surprise classical music fans who know him best as the music director and conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. But Botstein clings to a classical view of academics, insisting that knowing something about everything is the best way to create an informed citizenry.

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