Former Pfizer executive Peter Rost explains what led him to become a whistleblower, and take a stand against the pharmaceutical industry. Then, we examine the history of Arab nationalism on Backstory. And jazz greats Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell, and Henry Grimes pay tribute to trumpeter Don Cherry. Plus, the latest novel from Ngugi wa Thiong’o--one of Africa’s leading scholars.
Peter Rost, a former vice president of Pfizer, blows the whistle on the pharmaceutical industry—and makes the case for legalizing the re-importation of prescription drugs—in The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman.
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Michael Hudson, a professor of Arab Studies at Georgetown University, examines the history of Arab Nationalism, and looks at whether it’s being replaced by Islamism on Backstory.
Jazz greats Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell, and Henry Grimes pay tribute to the master of the pocket trumpet: Don Cherry.
Event:
Dave Douglas and Roy Campbell perform the Symphony for Improvisers
As part of "A Living Tribute to Don Cherry"
Saturday, September 16th at 8:30 pm
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street
212-501-3330
($30 advance/$35 day of)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977 for his novel Petals of Blood. Now, the exiled writer is one of Africa’s leading scholars. He shares his latest work, Wizard of the Crow, which is set in an imaginary African nation.
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