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A Pole-Dancing Terrorist
Conversation is the glue that holds mothers and daughters together, according to linguist Deborah Tannen. She joins us to today to explain how those conversations can go wrong, and why mothers and daughters tend to miscommunicate. Also: French director Pascale Ferran on her new film adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Richard Flanagan's new novel about a pole dancer who's mistaken for a terrorist. And journalist Edward Luce tries to make sense of the many contradictions of modern India.
You're Wearing That?
Conversation is the glue that holds women's relationships together, according to linguist Deborah Tannen. So when mother-daughter conversations go wrong, there can be big problems. Ms. Tannen's book is You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation.
You're Wearing That? is available for purchase at amazon.com
Lady Chatterley's Lover Goes to France
D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned in the US until 1959. Its subsequent publication was considered an important part of the sexual revolution. Now it's been adapted into a new film version by French director Pascale Ferran. It opens today in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Cinema Village.
Past Present: Pralines
Every so often we like to dig into WNYC's vast archives and find some gems that have gone out over our airwaves in years past. Today we're going to play some music that originally aired exactly 60 years and 4 months ago, on February 22, 1947 as part of WNYC's American Music Festival. It's a tune called "Pralines," with an introduction by Tony Parenti, who played the clarinet, along with Clarence Williams on piano, Pops Foster on bass, and Baby Dodds on drums. Thanks to WNYC archivist Andy Lanset for finding it for us.
A Pole-Dancing Terrorist
Australian novelist Richard Flanagan's latest, The Unknown Terrorist, is set in modern-day Sydney, in the aftermath of a terror bomb scare. A nightclub pole dancer becomes Australia's most-wanted woman after she's accused of being an accomplice to the attempted bomb attack.
The Unknown Terrorist is available for purchase at amazon.com
India, In Spite of the Gods
India will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. The country also has a booming tech sector, while three-quarters of the country lives in extreme deprivation. Edward Luce of the Financial Times tries to make sense of modern India and its rise to global power in his new book In Spite of the Gods.
In Spite of the Gods is available for purchase at amazon.com
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