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Since retiring from regular broadcasting in 2007, Bensky has returned to a lifetime avocation, French language and literature. He is producer and host of "Radio Proust," a web site which he's developing as a fellow of the Bard College Center. He has also developed and is teaching classes about Proust for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.
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