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On today's show, Fouad Ajami offers his perspective on how Iraq is adapting to life after Saddam Hussein. Then, Leslie Hendrix describes her starring role in the revival of the 1937 play Susan and God. Plus, T.C. Boyle will be here. And this week’s Please Explain is all about exercise.
Iraq After Saddam Hussein
Fouad Ajami has interviewed everyone from the Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to Sunni leaders and ordinary Iraqis from all backgrounds. In The Foreigner’s Gift, he offers his perspective on how Iraq has adapted to life after Saddam Hussein.
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Susan and God
Leslie Hendrix describes her starring role in the revival of Susan and God—a 1937 play about a socialite’s sudden enthusiasm for a new religious movement.
A Talk, Talk with T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle tells us about his latest novel, Talk, Talk.
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Events: T.C. Boyle will be reading and signing books
Monday, July 10 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center
1972 Broadway, at 66th Street
Please Explain: Excercise
On this week's Please Explain, we'll tackle exercise with New York Times reporter and Personal Health columnist Jane Brody and Dr. Malachy McHugh, from the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital.
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