Politics of Culture
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Sometimes a panel discussion about current controversies in the cultural world, other times an in-depth interview with an author or leading figures in media, the arts, entertainment or politics, The Politics of Culture examines the intersection where the world of politics and culture meet and sometimes collide.
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As money pours in for building projects at museums and colleges, is there money for the art to fill the galleries and the educational needs of students?
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The Bin Ladens
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This Friday is Holocaust Remembrance Day. In honor of the occasion we present the Peabody Award winning program, The Unspeakable Atrocity. This documentary about the BBC, produced by BBC Radio 4 in 1993, chronicles how the network knew about, but chose not to report on, the destruction of millions of lives in Hitler's concentration camps.
The Race Issue, Part II
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Controversial comments by Barack Obama's pastor have created a giant news storm. Join Ruth Seymour for Part II of a conversation about race in America with civil rights leader, Reverend James Lawson; NPR's Juan Williams; and USC historian Robin D.G. Kelley.
Race and the Black Church in America, Part I
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Barack Obama's speech was supposed to calm the waters concerning controversial comments by his Pastor, It generated more headlines instead. Ruth Seymour joins Reverend James Lawson, Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy and USC Professor Robin D.G. Kelley for a conversation about race. (Part 1 of 2: Part II will air next week at this time.)
Fake Memoirs
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The Literary Liars Club recently expanded its roster. The latest scandal involves a suburban white woman writing as a half-white, half-Indian inner-city gangbanger. Why is there such a proliferation of fake memoirs? Why not just sell an imaginary story as fiction?
LACMA's Lazarof Collection
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Collector Henri Lazarof donated an incomparable collection of 20th century art to LACMA. The way it's displayed at the museum is a work of art itself. Join Ruth Seymour, KCRW art critic Edward Goldman and LACMA's senior curator of modern art, Stephanie Barron, who brought and curated the permanent exhibition.
Are Bloggers Journalists?
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Joshua Micah Marshall just won the prestigious journalism Polk Award. He's a blogger – TalkingPointsMemo.com. Have the lines between news and opinion been permanently erased? Join LA Observed blogger and KCRW commentator, Kevin Roderick, in conversation with bloggers and media analysts.
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