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Gambling on a New Instructional Video

Critic Ken Tucker's disappointment in a VHS guide to blackjack dashed his dreams of becoming a professional gambler. At least he can recommend some solid home video releases to watch this summer.

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Other segments from the episode on July 15, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 15, 1987: Interview with Oliver Sacks; Commentary on Brazilian music; Interview with Eil Reed; Review of the instructional video "So You Want to Be a Gambler!…
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Every Cure Has a Musical Solution

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to talk about several case studies of patients he's treated over the years. His latest book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, has been adapted into an opera by Michael Nyman.

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Photojournalist Eli Reed

Reed is best known for capturing scenes from Lebanon's civil war. Several of those photographs have been collected in his new book, Beirut: City of Regrets.

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