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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    In ‘Archduke,’ young men manipulated into terrorism

    The play “Archduke” follows three men with tuberculosis and nothing left to lose. Poor and lost, these aimless youths end up involved in the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the start of World War I. You can see it now at the Mark Taper Forum.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 11, 2017 • 1 min read

    The play “Archduke” follows three men with tuberculosis and nothing left to lose. Poor and lost, these aimless youths end up involved in the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the start of World War I. You can see it now at the Mark Taper Forum. We speak with playwright Rajiv Joseph, whose previous work, “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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    Comey firing: What we know now, where the FBI goes from here
    1. 0:00The White House’s changing Comey story
    2. 9:18Anger and fear among FBI agents after Comey firing
    3. 16:47French President Macron fights back against hackers
    4. 24:31In ‘Archduke,’ young men manipulated into terrorismYou’re reading this
    5. 39:31California design: The View from London
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