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Bonobos
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson revisits the tense days of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade in The Age of Anxiety. Then, Madam Zhao Ruheng tells us about the National Ballet of China’s production of Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern." Next, Princess Martha Louise of Norway describes her new children’s book. And primotologist Frans de Waal explains what he’s learned about human nature from observing the behavior of apes.
The Age of Anxiety
In The Age of Anxiety, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson examines Senator Joseph McCarthy’s five-year reign over American politics during the 1950s. His zealous campaign against Communism terrorized politicians and cultural figures alike. In this new history, Mr. Johnson draws parallels between that climate of fear, and today’s current ...
Raise the Red Lantern
Madam Zhao Ruheng, the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of China since 1994, tells us about the company’s critically acclaimed production of Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern."
Events:
Raise the Red Lantern will be performed:
Tuesday, Oct 11th through Saturday, October 15th at 7:30pm
Events:
Raise the Red Lantern will be performed:
Tuesday, Oct 11th through Saturday, October 15th at 7:30pm
Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns
Princess Martha Louise of Norway tells us about her new children’s book: Why Kings and Queens Don’t Wear Crowns. The book is based on her grandfather’s childhood, and touches on the search for a new royal family after Norway broke its union with Sweden in 1905.
Music: The ...
Music: The ...
Our Inner Ape
Frans de Waal tells us what the behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos—our two closest ape relatives—can tell us about our own human nature in Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primotologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are.
Music: Oscar and Lucinda soundtrack (by Thomas Newman) # 4, 2, ...
Music: Oscar and Lucinda soundtrack (by Thomas Newman) # 4, 2, ...
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