Journalist Adam Hochschild says the anti-slavery movement in Britain 200 years ago invented many of the political tools and tactics today's protesters still use.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men. They pose as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities to pull off pranks as political action.
Alexander Stille tells Steve Paulson how poetry became a political weapon in Somalia’s revolution.
We hear an excerpt from David Isay’s documentary about the traditional gospel quartets of Jefferson County, Alabama.
In 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York City, poet Edward Hirsch learned that his 22-year old son Gabriel had died from a bad drug reaction and subsequent seizure. Later, Hirsch composed “Gabriel,” a book-length elegy poem about his relationship with his son, and his loss.
Andre Agassi tells Steve Paulson about his father who was driven to make him a champion, but whom he does not consider to have been abusive.
Amanda Micheli is a film-maker whose new documentary is called “Double Dare” and traces the lives of two Hollywood stunt women.
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