449 Siena Palio; Mississippi Delta; Asian-American Immigration Stories

02/07/2016 52 min

        449 Siena Palio; Mississippi Delta; Asian-American Immigration Stories

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Art-history scholar and tour guide Anna Piperato tells us how Siena’s high-spirited Palio horse race is a high point of the Tuscan summertime. Then author Richard Grant shares road-trip recommendations for a blues-inspired pilgrimage to the Mississippi Delta, and historian Erika Lee discusses how newcomers from Asia are making an impact on the US.  
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