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(Bronze statuette of a centaur, Greek ca. 530 B.C.)
The gurus of how-to, Alvin and Larry Ubell, answer
listeners’ home-repair questions. Ted Morgan examines
McCarthyism in 20th-century American politics. Then we
take a look at ancient Greek human animals (think centaurs,
satyrs, sphinxes, sirens, and gorgons) with Princeton
University’s Michael Padgett. And Michael Ignatieff on his
latest novel, Charlie Johnson in the Flames.
Alvin and Larry Ubell
Building inspectors Alvin and Larry Ubell take listeners’ calls on the air. Call 212-267-WNYC (212-267-9692) with your home-repair questions.
Ted Morgan
Ted Morgan takes a look at one of the darker periods in U.S. political history. His new book is Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America.
Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
Michael Padgett
Michael Padgett is curator of Ancient art at the Princeton University Art Museum. The Museum’s current exhibition is The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, on display until Januray 18, 2004.
Music: French Orchestral Miniatures 1850-1950 Chamber Philharmonic of Bohemia
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff is a renowned writer whose work has appeared in publications like the New Yorker and New York Review of Books. His writing has ranged from history to fiction to memoir, and his new novel, Charlie Johnson in the Flames, is about a war correspondent covering conflict in the ...
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