On today’s show: we’ll look at how globalization is bringing some countries closer while driving others apart. Then, actors Roger Robinson and Chad Coleman, two of the stars of the acclaimed Broadway revival of August Wilson's “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” And, Picasso biographer John Richardson on how a new exhibition of the artist's late paintings has led to a reevaluation of those works. Plus, Please Explain is all about bankruptcy.
Understanding Globalization
The global financial system may have collapsed, but according to Peter Marber more countries depend on each other for trade, capital, and ideas than ever before. Yet politically, some of these countries are drifting further apart. Marber demystifies globalization in his book Seeing the Elephant: Understanding Globalization from Trunk ...
"Joe Turner's Come and Gone"
Actors Roger Robinson and Chad Coleman join us to talk about their roles in the acclaimed revival of August Wilson's "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone," now playing on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. Ticket info here.
Picasso's Late Work
Picasso friend and biographer John Richardson has put together an unprecedented exhibition of the artist’s late paintings. "Picasso: Mosqueteros" is the first US exhibition in more than 25 years of Picasso's late paintings, and is organized around a large group of important, rarely seen works from ...
Please Explain: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy rates went up 32% in 2008 compared to the previous year. Marie Beaudette, blogger for the Wall Street Journal’s Bankruptcy Beat and Dow Jones Newswire reporter, and Robert Lawless, Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law, explain what filing for bankruptcy means for corporations and ...
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