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This week's "Underreported" segment will examine the current political and economic struggles besetting the Dominican Republic. President-elect Leonel Fernandez is set to take office on August 16th. Among the challenges he will face are a troubled economy, fuel and energy shortages, and a national health care system on the verge of collapse. We’ll speak to Leonel Fernandez by phone from the Dominican Republic. We’ll also hear from Jeff Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology. Then Roya Hakakian shares her memoir, Journey From the Land of No, about her experiences growing up during the 1979 revolution in Iran. Jacob Slichter relates the lessons he learned from making it as a drummer for the rock band Semisonic in his new book, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. Finally, Kent Jones from the Film Society of Lincoln Center discusses the current retrospective on the legendary American director Anthony Mann.
Underreported: Dominican Republic
This week’s edition of "Underreported" focuses on the Dominican Republic. We talk to President-elect Leonel Fernandez, Jeff Sachs, the director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology.
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Music:
"Suite Folklorica Dominicana" by Luis Dias
"El Molde (Bachata)" by Willie Lapache
From the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York City
Roya Hakakian
Roya Hakakian on her memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.
» Read an excerpt of Journey from the Land of No in the Reading Room
» More on the book
Events: Roya Hakakian will be appearing on:
Tuesday, 8/17 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place, NYC
Music: Monadjat, by Marzieh: "Manadjat Ouverture" / "Tchar-Mezrab Dachti"
Jacob Slichter
Jacob Slichter offers advice to aspiring musicians: So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life.
» Read an excerpt of So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star in the Reading Room
» More on the book
Music: "Closing Time" and "Over My Head" by Semisonic
Events: Jacob Slichter will be speaking and signing books:
Tonight, 8/12 at 7:30pm
Community Bookstore
212 Court St. at Warren St.
Kent Jones
Kent Jones on the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s retrospective: Dark Streets and Vast Horizons: The American Vision of Anthony Mann.
» More on the retrospective
Music: Lonesome Dove: Classic Western Songs 2, The City of Prague Philharmonic: "Blue-The River"
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