This week’s episode featured explorations into all kinds of literature, ranging from an unpublished manuscript by JD Salinger to a celebration of Irish prose. If you didn’t catch us on the air (Mondays at 6:00pm), or you’d like to have another listen: Click here for Flora Thomson-Deveaux’s piece on JD Salinger’s never-published short story. Click [...]
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Literature + Arts / Politics + Foreign Policy / WPRB News
Tags: Andy Martens, Anthony Paranzino, Artie Kornfeld, Brittany Murphy, China, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, Human Rights, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Liu Xiaobo, Nikki Leon, Nobel, Peace, Sandy Fong, Woodstock
November 15, 2010
On October 8, 2010 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese political dissident Liu Xiaobo. We sit down with Princeton Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss the nomination. Then, our reporters discuss the history of Woodstock with organizer Artie Kornfeld.
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WPRB News
Tags: Aaron Smargon, American Physical Society, Brittany Murphy, climate change, Derek Gideon, environmentalism, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, global warming, green jobs, Jackie Cremos, Van Jones, William Happer
November 1, 2010
We sit down with an activist and an academic to discuss the links between politics, environmental activism, and climate science.
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Politics + Foreign Policy / WPRB News Former Programs
Tags: airport security, Aku Ammah-Tagoe, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, haisong jiang, Homeland Security, national security, Nikki Leon, rosy yang, The Dispatch, travel
May 24, 2010
In January 2010, a graduate student named Haisong Jiang crossed a Newark Airport security line in order to say goodbye to his girlfriend one last time. In March, he pleaded guilty to defiant trespass. His punishment? Community service and a $500 fine (plus court fees). A bill to tighten airport security is now advancing through the New Jersey Legislature.
We wanted the story straight from Jiang. Rosy Yang reports.
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