Archive for January, 2009
Obama and the Prophetic Tradition: Brown Bag (II)
Barack Obama’s connection to the “black prophetic tradition” is the open question here in conversation with Anthony Bogues, the Jamaica-born chairman of Africana Studies at Brown.
Click to listen to Chris’s conversation with Anthony Bogues. (24 minutes, 11 mb mp3)
In breaking through the skin-color barrier in …
The Age of Obama: Ten Days In: The Brown Bag (I)
The Age of Obama: the first president of interactivity in a digital world, and the glimpse of MLK Jr\'s \"beloved community.\"
John Updike: Ted Williams of Our Prose
John Updike wrote with \"grace\" in every dimension -- most specially including the spiritual.
New Orleans as a Recovery Model: Ned Sublette
New Orleans -- from slavery time to Katrina -- can be taken as an American model of recovery from catastrophe, says the historian Ned Sublette on the eve of the Obama Inauguration.
One Man’s Mix of Cuban Music: Roberto Zurbano
One Man\'s Mix of Cuban Music: Roberto Zurbano touches about 60 years of influential hits in less than 60 minutes.
"Our Putin" and Son: the Bushes Revealed
Russ Baker argues the evidence that the Bush Dynasty was always a joint venture of the \"extraction industries\" (oil and minerals) and the CIA.
Music as a civic "conspiracy": George Mathew
George Mathew\'s music making at Carnegie Hall is always a lesson in \"conspiracy\" -- in breathing together.
Cuba’s Healthcare Revolution… for the rest of us
Dateline Havana: three American women becoming medical doctors in Cuba talk about the science and social thrill of their 6-year schooling.
Enchantment and Ruin: Mario Coyula’s Havana
Havana, the enchanting wreck of a city. Architect Mario Coyula sees a blessing in stagnation -- in a lively poor city without skyscrapers or shantytowns, almost.
Our Music Man in Havana: Bobby Carcasses
Dateline Havana: Singer-showman Bobby Carcasses recounts the wide-open genius of Cuba\'s music, old and new.
