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Detail from Louis Schanker's 1939 Mural "Music."
On today’s edition of our regular Underreported feature, we’ll examine the actions of anti-immigration vigilantes on the US-Mexican border. Then, we'll discuss progressive WPA murals, and the attempts to preserve and restore these often underappreciated works. Next, we’ll get a tutorial on how to cheat your friends at poker from Penn Jillette. And historian Sean Wilentz looks at how American democracy was forged in the days between the Revolution and the Civil War.
Underreported: Vigilantism on the Border
Since 9/11, the southern US border has become increasingly militarized. On today’s Underreported feature, Tamaryn Nelson from Witness, Christian Ramirez from American Friends and Service Committee, and Ray Ybarra from the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, tell us about anti-immigration groups in Arizona, California, and Texas that are taking ...
Progressing Art
WNYC's Assistant Archivist Cara McCormick and Heather Becker of the Chicago Conservation Center join us for a look at efforts to preserve and restore WPA murals. During the 1930s, The Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned progressive and abstract murals for public spaces, including several for WNYC’s studios. We’ll discuss the ...
How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker
Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame), shares some of the wisdom he gleaned from a career card player who won hundreds of thousands of dollars by cheating in How To Cheat Your Friends At Poker.
Events:
Penn Jillette will be speaking and signing books on:
Events:
Penn Jillette will be speaking and signing books on:
The Rise of American Democracy
Between the American Revolution and the outbreak of the Civil War, many political battles were waged over the best way to govern the new republic. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz describes those tumultuous days in The Rise of American Democracy.
Music: "Jefferson in Paris" soundtrack (original music: Richard Robbins; ...
Music: "Jefferson in Paris" soundtrack (original music: Richard Robbins; ...
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