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Clown Care Unit

Arts, Culture & Media

At the Babies and Children’s Hospital in upper Manhattan, you’ll hear the normal medical beeps and buzzes, doctors rushing around to their young patients. Some days you’ll also hear laughter — which means the Big Apple Circus has sent out their Clown Care Unit. Produced by Sara Paul.

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Geo answer and Global Hit

Global Politics

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Igloolik, Nunavut. This town is home to Artcirq, an Inuit community circus troupe that will perform at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC next year. Boston Globe reporter Linda Matchan speaks with anchor Jeb Sharp.

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Conflict & Justice

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Bolivia. Bolivia has a tough new national law that bans all animals, wild and domestic, in traveling circuses. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with animal rights campaigner (Animal Defenders International) Alexandra Cardenas.

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