Although England’s gun control laws are among the strictest in the world, statistics show that a person’s chances of being mugged in London are 6 times higher than in New York City. Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm discusses her new book Guns and Violence: The English Experience. Plus, a conversation with comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, and an examination of the life and work of Joan Mitchell.
Joyce Lee Malcolm
Although England’s gun control laws are among the strictest in the world, statistics show that a person’s chances of being mugged in London are 6 times higher than in New York City. Historian Joyce Lee Malcolm discusses her new book Guns and Violence: The English Experience.
Sarah Silverman
Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman on her new stand-up tour, Sarah Silverman and The Silver Men.
Yvette Lee
Despite several major museum exhibitions in the United States and Europe throughout the 1950s-80s, abstract painter Joan Mitchell has maintained a cult-like status in the art world. Yvette Lee, assistant curator for special projects at The Whitney Museum, discusses her life and work.
Hal Foster
Hal Foster, professor of Art and Archaeology takes on the marketing of culture in his new book Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes), a survey of the new political economy of design.
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