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January 01, 1990 - December 06, 2012 + Politics of Culture

Holocaust Remembrance Day Special

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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 Race Issue, Part II listen Download

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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...

Race and the Black Church in America, Part I listen Download

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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...

Fake Memoirs listen Download

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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...

LACMA's Lazarof Collection listen Download

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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...

Are Bloggers Journalists? listen Download

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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?...

Is the Cold War Back? listen Download

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Putin's playing hardball and the Russian bear is on the rise.

Andy Statman's Journey listen

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From bluegrass mandolin to klezmer clarinet--that's just part of the journey musician Andy Statman has taken. Independent producer Jon Kalish guides us through a musical...

Change and the Culture of DC listen Download

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Cokie Roberts of NPR and ABC News, and Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC and The McLaughlin Group, join Ruth Seymour to discuss what candidates mean when...

The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly listen Download

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For 150 years, The Atlantic Monthly has published some of the most influential articles, essays, and stories by many of the literary, intellectual and political...

Norman Mailer Tribute listen Download

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Norman Mailer and his literary reputation were both larger than life. KCRW's Bookworm Michael Silverblatt pays tribute to the man and his writing with Arianna...

Starbucked listen Download

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Journalist Taylor Clark has been following Starbucks' global ascendance since three stores first opened in his Oregon hometown. He ponders how the coffee-house movement has...

Mutanabbi Street: Literature in Iraqi Culture listen Download

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The heart of intellectual Iraq was Mutannabi Street, the booksellers' alley in Baghdad. But it was bombed in March this year. "Aloud at Central Library" will memorialize...

Jihad Media listen Download

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American born and raised Islamists are posting messages from Jihadis worldwide. Is the First Amendment aiding our enemies? How do terrorists use the Internet? James...

Surveillance vs Privacy listen Download

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A forthcoming film called Look is shot entirely from the perspective of surveillance cameras. Although the film is fiction, real life surveillance pervades our lives,...