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Rogue RegimeUnder Pressure
Foreign correspondent Jasper Becker examines the current nuclear standoff in North Korea. Then, Pulitzer Prize-winner Stacy Schiff, author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), tells us about her latest book: A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.
North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal
Reports suggest that North Korea has nuclear capabilities and might even test a nuclear weapon soon. But China says that the United States is at least partly to blame for North Korea's nuclear capabilities. Leonard talks to Jasper Becker live from Beijing. Becker is a foreign correspondent and has been based in Beijing for eleven years. He's the author of Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea.
Music
“Tomorrow” by Amp
“Resolution” by Thievery Corporation
“Royksopp’s Night Out” by Royksopp
“Meta, Beta, Tarabeta” by Pangeia Instrumentos
A Great Improvisation
Benjamin Franklin is widely remembered for his discovery of electricity. But according to Pulitzer-prize winning author Stacy Schiff, his greatest achievement may have been his diplomatic skills in the years immediately after the Declaration of Independence was issued. Franklin persuaded the French government to provide the equivalent of $13 billion dollars in today’s money to help fund the colonial army’s fight against the British. Her new book is titled A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.
Events:
Stacy Schiff will be reading on:
Thursday, May 19th at 7pm
192 Books
192 Tenth Ave (between 21st and 22nd Streets)
Music
Music of the Federal Era, Members of the Federal Music Society: “Samuel Holyoke: Quintetto”
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