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In this installment of "The Interpreters," 

 shares some epiphanies about the New Age music he used to listen to as a teenager growing up in Kentucky.  It was on the radio very late at night, it was crafted in a completely DIY fashion by fiercely independent musicians. Sounds like punk rock, right?

 registers his disappointment with the George Clooney film, "The Monuments Men," about a military unit that tries to rescue western art masterpieces from the Nazis during WWII. To Heywood, the movie says too little about great art and why it's worth saving.

 discusses the culture shock she experienced as a child, moving to Minnesota from a Thai refugee camp and discovering Americans' propensity to not share their food at mealtime. In Thailand and her native Lao culture, they take the opposite approach.

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On this episode of the Interpreters, we discuss the epiphanies of New Age music, the inadequacies of "The Monuments Men," and cultural differences in the sharing of food.

In this installment, Andy shares some epiphanies about the New Age music he used to listen to as a teenager. It was on the radio very late at night, it was crafted in a completely DIY fashion by fiercely independent musicians. Sounds like punk rock, right?

Ben registers his disappointment with the George Clooney film, "The Monuments Men." It's about a military unit which tries to rescue western art masterpieces from the Nazis during WWII. To Heywood, the movie says too little about great art and why it's worth saving.

Saymoukda discusses the culture shock she experienced as a child, moving to Minnesota from a Thai refugee camp and discovering Americans' propensity to not share their food at mealtime. In Thailand and her native Lao culture, they take the opposite approach.

Podcast: The Interpreters, episode 2

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