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Adam Arkin and Allan Miller in Brooklyn Boy (© 2005 Joan Marcus)War, Women, and Children
In today’s Underreported segment, we look at the recruitment of child soldiers in Nepal. Many children are being abducted and forced to fight in the war. We'll find out why children are being pressed into service, and explore what effect this could have on an entire generation of young Nepalis. Next, playwright Donald Margulies discusses his new play, Brooklyn Boy--a look at the everyday trials of a middle-aged Jewish man. Then, Ed Hotaling revisits the world of horse racing at the turn of the century, when black jockeys dominated the sport. In his latest book, Wink, he focuses on the successes and struggles of one especially talented jockey: Jimmy Winkfield. Finally, Patrick Radden Keefe uncovers the secretive world of global intelligence-gathering technology systems.
Generational Conflict
As conflict in Nepal continues, we'll look at how it’s affecting women and children there. Many children are being abducted and forced to fight in the war. Today on our Underreported feature, we find out how the conflict may be damaging an entire generation of Nepalis.
» Read Watch List's new report "Caught in the Middle: Mounting Violations Against Children in Nepal’s Armed Conflict"
» More on the Underreported series
Music:
"Tomorrow" by Amp
Brooklyn Boy
Dramatist Donald Margulies tells us about his new play, Brooklyn Boy.
» More on Brooklyn Boy
Music:
Music from the Motion Picture Avalon, "Jules and Michael" by Randy Newman
Jockeying for Power
Ed Hotaling talks about the incredible life of the celebrated black jockey Jimmy Winkfield at the turn of the century: Wink.
Music:
A Ragtime Concert, "Ragtime Nightingale" by Joseph F. Lamb
Global Eavesdropping
Patrick Radden Keefe discusses the government’s intelligence-gathering technology in Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping.
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Read an excerpt of Chatter in the Reading Room
Events:
Events:
Patrick Radden Keefe will be speaking and signing books on:
Friday, March 4 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2889 Broadway (at 82nd St.)
Music:
"How It Was For You" by Gare Du Nord
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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