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Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland discuss their new album while confronting the challenges of a major cognitive disorder.

Glenn-Copeland and his wife worked together on Laughter in Summer , a record that contends with the electronic music pioneer's recent diagnosis with a major cognitive disorder. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland

Topics covered

• mortality
• joy
• cognitive disorder
• music
• collaboration

Keywords

• Beverly Glenn-Copeland
• Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
• Laughter in Summer
• cognitive disorder
• music

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Organizations: NPR

Books & works: Laughter in Summer

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