Attorney and author Brandt Goldstein looks back at a group of Yale Law students that waged a battle against the US government in the early 1990s. Ray Brescia, one of the students involved, joins him to discuss the case. Then, Zadie Smith tells us about her new novel, On Beauty. Next, John Berendt (author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) turns his attention to Venice with The City of Falling Angels. Finally, Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon’s first wife, tells us what it was like being married to a Beatle from 1962 to 1969.
Storming the Court
In 1992 300 Haitians who had already been granted political asylum in the US were detained at Guantanamo Bay. They had committed no crimes, and were not given any information about when they would be released. Law professor Harold Koh, who is now the dean of Yale Law School, led ...
On Beauty
Zadie Smith, author of the highly-acclaimed White Teeth, tells us about her third novel: On Beauty.
Music: Soundtrack from ‘Feast of July’ # 4, 7
Music: Soundtrack from ‘Feast of July’ # 4, 7
The City of Falling Angels
10 years after capturing the spirit of Savannah in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt turns his attention to Venice with The City of Falling Angels.
Music: Vivaldi – Concerto RV 576
Music: Vivaldi – Concerto RV 576
John
Cynthia Lennon met John Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art when she was 18 years old. They married in 1962, and their son Julian was born the next year. In 1969 they were divorced. She tells us what it was like living with one of the biggest rock stars ...
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