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Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food & Gratitude, 11/23 @ 3pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published October 20, 2022 at 1:50 PM EDT

Giving Thanks celebrates its 25th year on public radio! This year’s show presents the best moments of a quarter century of great guests:

Foodies: Stanley Tucci, Nigella Lawson, Jacques Pepin, Calvin Trillin

Writers: Anne Lamott, Adam Gopnik, Julia Sweeney, Anna Quindlen, Deepak Chopra
Poets: Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Ada Limon. And classic poems read by Patrick Stewart, Bill Moyers, Studs Terkel
Musicians: Michael Tilson Thomas, John Rutter, Sir Stephen Hough
In Memoriam: John Updike, Wendy Wasserstein, Nora Ephron, Rabbi Harold Kushner

Giving Thanks sounds the way Thanksgiving feels: inviting, warm, and festive. No clichés about pilgrims and pumpkin pies. Instead, it’s a contemporary, thoughtful celebration of spirit of the holiday. For listeners up early in the kitchen, on the road to a family gathering, or relaxing after the feast, Giving Thanks provides the perfect atmosphere for Thanksgiving: the warmth of great music, and truly memorable words.