October 18, 2018: Hour 2

October 18, 2018: Hour 2

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Apples get all the attention this time of year. But resident chef Kathy Gunst says pears are their sophisticated autumn cousin. Also, people returning to Marianna, Florida, after Hurricane Michael “say they don’t even recognize the town,” says Rodney Andreasen, emergency management director for Jackson County. And this year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. He isn’t as well known as other composers like Mozart or Haydn — but some say he should be. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now’s Oct. 18, 2018 full broadcast.