The leaves are falling from the trees in a glorious and colorful tribute to change, turning riotous colors in their last hurrah of letting go. A number of blowsy politicians are turning colors and falling off their trees of late, as well--an expected electoral accompaniment to this time of year. Fun to watch. Today's show is called Turning Point: a turning point in math is the peak of a parabola--the crest of the mountain, the top of the roller coaster. You might think about turning points in your life--big ones, or daily ones--and what the parabola felt like as you lived it. Do things actually "turn out" a certain way, or simply keep turning this way and that, like a never-ceasing pendulum--gyres all the way down. I hope you're able to enjoy some of today's musical twists and turns--with a two-hour special featuring music about change and revolution, lefts and rights, transritualism and transmogrification, precipitous declines and surprising upswings...
