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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Joan Baez - Legendary Artist & Activist
Description: Joan Baez returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs nearly 45 years after she came here to discuss âHuman Rights in the Eighties.â She's coming back not for a performance but for an in-depth talk about her personal thoughts and life experiencesâthe person behind the stardom.Baez has been writing poetry for decades, but sheâs never before shared it publicly. Now in her book of poems When You See My Mother: Ask Her to Dance Baez shares poems about her contemporaries (such as Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, and Jimi Hendrix), reflections from her childhood, personal t...