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Schedule for Monday July 7

Please note that all schedules are subject to last minute changes, and that guest host Piya Chattopadhyay is in the host chair today. Here's what we have on tap for you: Journalist Jesse Katz joins guest host Piya Chattopadhyay to explain the plight of Cuban baseball players who hope to make it in the North American major leagues. The players,...

Please note that all schedules are subject to last minute changes, and that guest host Piya Chattopadhyay is in the host chair today. Here's what we have on tap for you:
 

  • Journalist Jesse Katz joins guest host Piya Chattopadhyay to explain the plight of Cuban baseball players who hope to make it in the North American major leagues. The players, who are paid $17 dollars a month in their island nation, often have to get mixed up with smugglers and other criminals to make it to America.
     
  • Director Steve James joins guest host Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss Life Itself, his new documentary based renowned film critic Roger Ebert's 2011 memoir by the same name.
     
  • From the Best of Q, Jian speaks with American jazz and bebop legend Sheila Jordan. She sheds light on her roller-coaster life, from her poor upbringing to social stigmatization, to performing with some of the most respected names in the jazz world.