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Barry White

You’re the First, the Last, My Everything

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Last weekend, the death of singer Barry White took everybody by surprise. To close our show on the voice, we play one of his great songs.

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The science behind ‘baby talk’

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American pop culture brings Yiddish language to the world

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The Globalization of Yiddish

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