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(Pim Fortuyn)
Insect expert Thomas Eisner describes bug behavior you’ve probably never heard of: female moths holding their mates for ransom, beetles ejecting boiling-got defensive sprays, and caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by attaching petals to their bodies. Then Professor James Kennedy talks about the 2002 murder of Dutch populist
politician Pim Fortuyn. Robert Hughes on his new book about
the Spanish artist Goya. And a discussion on the financial
success of the Pequot Indian tribe.
Thomas Eisner
James Kennedy on Pim Fortuyn
As part of our station-wide Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, Professor James Kennedy from Amsterdam’s Free University talks about the life and death of Pim Fortuyn, the openly gay, right-wing Dutch populist politician. He was the leading candidate to become the next prime minister before his assassination in 2002.
Robert Hughes
Art critic and author Robert Hughes has written a comprehensive new book about the life and art of Francisco de Goya. Hughes says that Goya "invented…the illusion of being there when dreadful things happen."
Music:The de Falla Trio Music For Three Guitars: Albeniz, Boyce, Soler, deFalla, Corea Padre Antonio Soler ...
Brett Fromson
In Hitting the Jackpot, Brett Fromson details the 1992 opening of Foxwoods, Connecticut’s first casino, and its effect on the Pequot tribe’s financial health.
Music: Talk Radio Soundtrack Stewart Copeland
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