Program 659: Lyon; Building a Beloved Community; Influential Iceland

For French culture without pretense, may we recommend a visit to Lyon  [lee-OWN] ? 

A pair of French tour guides tell us why it's one of their favorite places in France. 

The new president of Sojourners explains how Doctor King inspires him to work for social justice within religious communities in America.

And a journalist from Iceland points out how surprisingly influential his small country has been, on the world stage.

It's all on the next Travel with Rick Steves.

• French tour guides Virginie Moré and Patrick Vidal
• Sojourners President Adam Russell Taylor, author of "A More Perfect Union" (Broadleaf Books)
• Egill Bjarnason, author of "How Iceland Changed the World" (Penguin Books)

• The Rick Steves online guide to Lyon.
• The Lyon Festival of Light begins on December 8, It started in 1852 as a symbol of its citizens coming together.
• Virginie Moré specializes in small group tours of Lyon and Burgundy. 
• Tour guide Patrick Vidal lives in a 17th century stone house he's been renovating  in Brittany.
• Sojourners President Adam Russell Taylor is the author of "A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community." He also posts blog commentaries at sojo.net. 
• Egill Bjarnason is the author of "How Iceland Changed the World."
• Egill reported for the Associated Press on the importance of climate change issues in Iceland's recent election.
• The anti-incest dating app helps to determine how closely related Icelanders may actually be to one another.

• Orchestre Capitole de Toulouse, "Chanson (les enfants qui s-aiment)," Musiques de films de Marcel Carné  / EMI Classics  
• Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano, cond., "Le Tombeau de Couperin:  Prelude (Ravel)," Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, etc. / Erato
• Beltuner, "Virevolte," Beltuner Album #2 / Ici-Label
• Laurent Voulzy, “Le Soleil Donne,” Ciao Mondo (collection) / Zoo Entertainment
• * The Women's Philharmonic, Gillian Benet, harp, Jo Ann Faletta, conductor, "'Rondo' from 'Concertino for Harp and Orchestra' (Germaine Tailleferre),"  The Women's Philharmonic: Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann / Koch International Classics
• R. L. Burnside, "Come On In, part 2," Come On In / Fat Possum Records
• Beau Jocque, "What You Gonna Do," Zydeco (collection) / Putumayo
• Sonny Treadway, "Jesus Will Fix It For You," None but the Righteous: Masters of Sacred Steel (collection) / Rope A Dope Records
• Bob James and Earl Klugh, "Fugitive," Cool / Warner Bros.
• Eric Bibb, "Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down," Mali to Memphis: An African-American Odyssey (collection) / Putumayo 
• Brady, "Motherless Child," Paris Lounge 2: Paris By Day (collection) / Wagram
• Stevie Wonder, "Jesus People of America," Innervisions / Motown
• * Donald Byrd, "Amen," Sanctified (collection) / EMI Blue Note - Tower Records
• Gotan Project, "Diferente," Lunático / XL Recordings
• Martial Nardeau and Orn Magnusson, "Fjogur islensk bjodlog-IV: Alegretto grazioso," Iceland Flute Music / Iceland Music Information Centre
• Glenn Miller Orchestra, "American Patrol," I'm Beginning To See The Light (soundtrack collection from Ken Burns' The War) / Legacy
• Arstidir, "Ljod i sand," Sfvens Og Voku Skil / Arstidir
• Júníus Meyvant, “Hailslide,” Júníus Meyvant / Record Records  ("Live on KEXP" performance, used with permission)
• Cluster and Eno, "The Belldog," NPR Music Sampler (collection) / NPR Music

• It is mentioned that the Lyon Festival of Lights starts on December 8 in this week's billboard, and at 6:45 and 16:25 in segment A.
• Rick refers to politically-based divisions in American society in the billboard this week, in the open to segment B, and at numerous points in the segment B interview.
• Rick refers to Adam's "new book" at 24:52.
• Responding to Rick's question about a "third Reconstruction" in the United States, Adam, at 33:54, refers to the protests during the "racial awakening summer" aimed at addressing police violence against people of color. 
• At 36:10, Rick refers to spending an afternoon with Adam and his family "this last summer."
• Rick and Egill open segment C, talking about a volcano that started erupting "in February" and has become an attraction near Reykjavik.  Egill notes that "we just had parliamentary elections" at 42:30 in discussing the pandemic and vaccination rates in Iceland, and at 57:07 when discussing efforts toward gender equality in Iceland.    
• At 55:07, Egill says he just recently spoke with the first woman to be elected president of Iceland, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, whom he says is now about 93 years old.