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ART AND POLITICS
Program 02-09-29-A
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Vaclav Havel is President of the Czech Republic, but
for many around the world, he’s known as the poet in
blue jeans, the dissident playwright who inspired a Velvet
Revolution. Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, President
Havel talks art and politics. And, we’ll go back to
when the Twin Towers stood tall and an artist walked a high
wire between them. That’s, To the Best of Our Knowledge,
from PRI, Public Radio International.
SEGMENT 1:
Vaclev Havel is President of the Czech Republic.
A poet and playwright, he is regarded as the hero of the Velvet
Revolution which ended Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. President
Havel talks with Steve Paulson about the role of the artist in
politics. And we hear an excerpt from Havel's play "The Memorandum."
SEGMENT 2:
TIME magazine reporter Josh Tyrangiel talks
with Anne Strainchamps about Bono's long-term commitment to providing
assistance to Africa. He accompanied the U2 star on his recent
African tour with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Also,
writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens has a new book
called "Why Orwell Matters." Hitchens tells Steve Paulson
that Orwell got it right about imperialism, fascism and communism.
He opposed all of them at a time when most intellectuals ignored
the contradictions of the Left.
SEGMENT 3:
Philippe Petit is the author of "To
Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers."
He tells Jim Fleming that he spent years planning his illegal
1974 performance at the World Trade Center; remembers the event;
and talks about what the destruction of the Towers meant for him.
Cassette copies are available
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Books:
- Vaclav Havel, The Memorandum (Grove Weidenfeld
Press)
- Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless:
Citizens Against the State in Central-Eastern Europe (M.E.
Sharpe)
- Christopher Hitchens, Why Orwell Matters
(Basic Books)
- John Keane, Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy
in Six Acts (Bloombury Publishing)
- Philippe Petit, To Reach the Clouds (North
Point Press)
Music:
- Plastic People of the Universe.
Prsi Prsi. Vozralej jak Sliva Koncerty 1973- 75. Globus Music.
- U2. Achtung Baby. One. Island Records.
- U2. War. Sunday Bloody Sunday. Island Records.
- Shostakovich. Film Music from King Lear. Introduction
(March of Time). RCA Victor.
- Quartetto Gelato. Neapolitan Cafe. Tango Del Mare.
QG Recordings.
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Questions and comments can
be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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