Now that the election is over, what happens to all the staff, funds, and political machinery? On Please Explain, find out how campaigns are dismantled and transitioned after Election Day. Also: hear about life as a CIA operative in northern Iraq. Plus, conversations with actresses Kate Mulgrew and Kristin Scott Thomas!
CIA Operatives in Iraq
Charles Faddis describes his life as a CIA operative in northern Iraq, just a few months before the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. His new book is Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq.
Kate Mulgrew in “Equus”
Actress Kate Mulgrew talks about her role in Peter Shaffer’s play "Equus", which tells the story of a psychiatrist’s attempts to treat a young man with a pathological fascination with horses. It's at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th St.).
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas has been busy. She currently stars in Chekhov’s “The Seagull” (Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St.), and she also stars in the French film “I’ve Loved You So Long,” now playing at the Lincoln Plaza and Angelika theaters.
Please Explain: After the Campaigns Are Over
Now that the election is over – what happens to all the staff, leftover funds, and political machinery? Find out how campaigns are dismantled and transitioned after Election Day. Paul C. Light is Professor at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; Martha Joynt Kumar is Professor at ...
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