Washington Post reporter Bradley Graham analyzes Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure at the Pentagon. Then we’ll learn about the "Secret Policemen’s Film Festival," a series showcasing 30 years of comedy/rock benefit performances for Amnesty International. Then Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Gary Tinterow discusses the first major exhibition in 20 years devoted to the work of Francis Bacon. Plus, our latest Underreported looks at political corruption in Kenya.
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By His Own Rules
Bradley Graham, longtime Washington Post reporter who closely covered Donald Rumsfeld's tenure at the Pentagon, offers a layered and revealing portrait of the former Secretary of Defense's complex personality and troubled legacy. His book is By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld.
Secret Policemen’s Film Festival
Martin Lewis, series co-creator and co-producer, and Terry Jones, of Monty Python, talk about the "The Secret Policemen's Film Festival," at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The festival showcases the best of the Amnesty International groundbreaking comedy/rock benefits, starring the Monty Python players and other greats in British comedy ...
Francis Bacon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, discusses "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective," the first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to the modern British painter. It’s on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 16. For more ...
Underreported: Political Corruption in Kenya
On today's Underreported, Michaela Wrong, author of It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower, discusses John Githongo, a pillar of the Kenyan establishment turned whistle-blower, becoming simultaneously one of the most hated and admired men in Kenya. She also explores the factors that ...
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