Author and journalist James Gleick, and Harry Kargman, founder and chief executive of the wireless software company Kargo, on how changing technology changes our lives. Then Douglas Valentine’s latest book, The Strength of the Wolf, sheds some light on the history of America’s war on drugs. The Library of America has released a new three-volume set of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s collected works in honor of the centenary of his birth. Editor Ilan Stavans joins us to discuss the writings of the only Yiddish author to win a Nobel Prize. Finally, director Kevin Fitzgerald (aka DJ Organic) discusses his new documentary Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, and the importance of hip hop as a form of expression, with MC Supernatural and Wordsworth.
James Gleick and Harry Kargman
Author and journalist James Gleick, and Harry Kargman, founder and chief executive of the wireless software company Kargo, on how technology changes us.
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Douglas Valentine
Douglas Valentine investigates the troubling history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, from its inception in 1930 until its demise in 1968, in his latest book: The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America’s War on Drugs.
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Ilan Stavans
Ilan Stavans, editor of the centennial three-volume collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s work.
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Events: Israel's Gesher Theater, one of the only bi-lingual theaters in the world, will be performing two Singer plays at Lincoln Center:
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Events: Israel's Gesher Theater, one of the only bi-lingual theaters in the world, will be performing two Singer plays at Lincoln Center:
Kevin Fitzgerald, MC Supernatural and Wordsworth
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