7-Up on Bitter

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Seven-Up on Bitter features seven people speaking/performing/singing for seven minutes each about bitter things: bitter herbs, chocolate, relationships, the bitter-sweet and beer. Expect the unexpected! Featuring chocolate maker Kira Baker-Doyle, poet and hub member Julia Bloch, failed-relationship expert Meredith Broussard, Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, philosopher and hub member Richard Lawrence, memoirist and hub member Jamie-Lee Josselyn, and Temple University Biology Department faculty member, Dr. Greg Smutzer.

This program was recorded; free, downloadable MP3 are available below.

1. Jessica Lowenthal (2:41) - introduction
2. Julia Bloch (8:06)
3. Richard Lawrence (8:57)
4. Meredith Broussard (6:28)
5. Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (8:15)
6. Greg Smutzer (13:56)
7. Kira Baker-Doyle (12:50)
8. Jamie-Lee Josselyn (8:21)

To hear the full recording of the program, click here.