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The Nose Talks Race While Sipping Starbucks

Connecticut Public Radio | By Colin McEnroe
Published March 20, 2015 at 12:04 PM EDT
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Starbucks attempts to start a conversation about race
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Taneisha Duggan - Director of Audience Engagement at HartBeat Ensemble.
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Carolyn Paine - actor, dancer, and choreographer.
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James Hanley - co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College.
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Starbucks is trying to start conversation about race relations in America, led by baristas across the nation. The effort has had mixed reviews.  

The votes are in, and the new minor league ball team in Hartford is called the Yard Goats. The reviews are... mixed. 

And music lovers at SXSW are falling in love on Tinder with a woman who turns out to be a robot. All these stories and more, this hour on The Nose. 

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  • Taneisha Duggan - Director of Audience Engagement at HartBeat Ensemble
  • James Hanley - co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
  • Carolyn Paine - actor, dancer, and choreographer

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Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
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