Philip Quarles

Philip Quarles appears in the following:

Diallo Telli: Messages of Friendship and Trust

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Bearing "a message of friendship and a message of trust," Diallo Telli, marks Guinea's admission to the United Nations. 
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Kenneth Tynan on the Shallow American Theater

Thursday, January 21, 2016

WNYC
In this 1961 interview, Kenneth Tynan pronounces on the state of the American theater.
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Dame Alicia Markova: Ballet Legend On and Off the Stage

Thursday, January 14, 2016

WNYC
The hardest working dancer in Ballet, Dame Alicia Markova sits down with Walter Terry to discuss her transition from the spotlight to the director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. 
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Your Future in an Automated Society

Thursday, January 07, 2016

WNYC
Technology, information, and education; what the future looked like…in 1966
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1964 National Book Awards

Thursday, December 31, 2015

WNYC
John Updike, Dr. I.I. Rabi, Aileen Ward, Christopher Tunnard, William McNeill, and John Crowe speak at the National Book Awards Ceremony.
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A Foreign Melody: Bel Kaufman Expounds on Pedagogical Concerns

Monday, July 28, 2014

WNYC
Bel Kaufman became an unofficial spokeswoman for the urban teacher after her book Up the Down Staircase was published in 1965. Hear her humor and insight.
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Diplomatic Impunity: Dean Acheson Counsels Audiences on Disarmament

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

WNYC
Acheson addresses a global situation which he feels has turned against America.
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A Chorus of Conversation: What Is American Music?

Monday, February 11, 2013

WNYC
Behind the banter in this 1950 roundtable, one detects a rich mix of fellowship and rivalry.
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Friendship Train Attempts to Humanize Postwar Effort

Friday, February 08, 2013

WNYC
America sends aid to the suffering.
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Edward Barrett Considers Anti-American Sentiment in Latin America

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

WNYC
Barrett elucidates the Overseas Press Club on the current state of Latin America
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Great Minds and Stellar Talents Consider the State of Modern Photography

Monday, February 04, 2013

WNYC

"What Is Modern Photography?" is the question posed at this symposium hosted by the Museum of Modern Art's Edward Steichen. An all-star panel of photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White, Walker Evans, Irving Penn, and Ben Shahn, give (or refuse to give) their individual, often contradictory, definitions of the controversial medium. The gathering provides a great snapshot of  the state of the art in 1950.

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Whitney Young Provides Depth and Texture to Portrait of Racial Inequality

Friday, February 01, 2013

WNYC
Whitney Young was one of the most powerful voices calling for achieving racial equality by working within the system.
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Writer Marguerite Young, Eccentric Documentarian of Utopias

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

WNYC
"All that I have told in this story is true, down to the last butterfly or flower."
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Richard Wright's Love Letter to Paris

Monday, January 28, 2013

WNYC
Saying that once he arrived, "I've never felt a moment of sorrow," Wright extolls his adopted city of Paris, raving first about the landscape, the architecture, and vistas.
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Herman Wouk Bucks Literary Trends to Produce Best-Selling Novels

Friday, January 25, 2013

WNYC
Herman Wouk talks about his best-selling novels
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Teddy Wilson Contemplates the Future of Jazz

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

WNYC
Pianist Teddy Wilson discusses his career and speculates on the future of jazz in this February 18, 1950 interview.
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Walter White of NAACP Asserts America's 'Race Problem' Undermines Overseas Efforts

Monday, January 21, 2013

WNYC
Walter White, head of the NAACP, ponders race and foreign relations at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, in New York City, in this 1949 recording.
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'The Birds Fall Down' and More: Rebecca West's Lamentations, 1966

Friday, January 18, 2013

WNYC
Novelist Rebecca West talks about her book, The Birds Fall Down, at the Book and Author Luncheon
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Jessamyn West on an Author's Responsibility to Her Readers

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

WNYC
West discusses her take on literature and the writer's responsibility at this Book and Author Luncheon
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Mr. New York: Grover Whalen's Unique Diplomacy

Monday, January 14, 2013

WNYC
Grover Whalen talks about his autobiography at this Book and Author Luncheon
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