Composer Stephen Sondheim does it and so does hip hop poet MK Asante. They combine words and music to make art. So how do they do it? We explore the neuroscience of rap, and hear how jazz composer Maria Schneider sets poetry to music. Hip Hop Poet - MK Asante; Neuroscience of Rap - Charles Limb; Music & Poetry - Maria Schneider; Stephen Sondheim - Art of the Musical; Dangerous Idea: Abolish Debt; On Our Minds: Policing the Police.
