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673. What Is Money?

Published 1 May 2026Duration: 1h 1m
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That’s what the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang wanted to learn. So he turned Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations into an oratorio. We tag along as Lang’s piece heads toward its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic. (Part one of a two-part series.)

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Longest speech2m 49s
Host questions53
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