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#1356 "Maria Says Goodbye To Sesame Street"

Richard Termine

In 1971, an actress from the Bronx, who had just made her Broadway debut, was offered an audition on a children’s educational television show. It had already been on the air for two years…and it was different.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk to actress Sonia Manzano, who retired last year after 44 years of playing Maria on Sesame Street.

We’ll also hear about a competition to build a better robot. The competitors/ Eighth graders from California

And we’ll spend an academic minute using artificial intelligence to make healthy choices. What could possibly go wrong?

Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.