KCRW's Politics of Culture

Barrack 18

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:47:00 EST

The true story of the Jews who counterfeited for the Third Reich, produced exclusively for KCRW by Jon Kalish.

MOCA: Decision Day?

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:10:00 EST

On Tuesday, December 16, weeks after the Los Angeles Times revealed MOCA's dire financial straits, the board of directors is holding the meeting that is supposed determine the museum's future. We bring you the latest news and discuss the decision with philanthropist Eli Broad, City Council President Eric Garcetti and former board member and noted collector, Dean Valentine.

Whither Conservatism

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:15:00 EST

The election of Barack Obama has thrown conservatives a giant curve-ball and they're not quite sure how to hit it. Can Sarah Palin win the game for them? Left Right and Center's Tony Blankley leads a roundtable of Republican stalwarts on the future direction of the party.

MOCA in Peril

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:17:00 EST

Ruth Seymour hosts a panel discussion about the financial crisis facing LA's quintessential contemporary art museum.

Google Book-Scan Settlement

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:34:00 EST

Host Jonathan Kirsch, an attorney specializing in intellectual property and publishing law, moderates a panel discussion on a landmark literary-legal settlement. It allows Google to scan and make available online many out-of-print but still-copyrighted books. The settlement portends a viable digital future for authors, publishers and libraries. Is there any downside?

Studs Terkel Remembered

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:57:00 EST

Author and radio host "Studs" Terkel died at the age of 96 on October 31. We remember him today with this archived edition of The Politics of Culture. In 2006, Larry Josephson spoke to Studs about what was then his latest book, And They All Sang, a memoir about his years as a music DJ and the musicians he profiled.

The New Annotated Dracula

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:41:00 EST

Editor Leslie S. Klinger has gone back to the source and unearthed much that is new and fascinating about the vampire classic that started the current cult craze, Bram Stoker's Dracula...

Arts and the Economy

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:29:00 EST

A distinguished group of leaders from four of Los Angeles' top arts institutions join KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour for a discussion about the impact of the economic downturn on support for the arts.

The Media and the Message

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:00 EST

Is Sarah Palin getting a free ride or fried? Is Obama a celebrity? Complaints about media bias are running rampant during this presidential race. What's behind the claims? Will Lewis joins resident satirist Harry Shearer, LA Times media analyst James Rainey and Project for Excellence in Journalism director, Tom Rosenstiel in conversation.

UCLA Live to Offer an Eclectic 2008 Season

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:33:00 EST

UCLA Live has another exciting, dramatic and challenging season ahead, featuring international theatre, music, dance and spoken word...

Considering David Foster Wallace

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:34:00 EST

Author David Foster Wallace died on Friday leaving the literary world in astonished disbelief. In the special edition of Politics of Culture, Bookworm host Michael Silverblatt speaks with literary critic Anthony Miller about Wallace's impact on fiction, his generation and American culture. Hear why many feel that the death of Wallace is to literature as the death of Kurt Cobain was to rock music.

The Grand Inquisitor's Manual

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:26:00 EST

Author Jonathan Kirsch has written a book about the dark side of religion, The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God. Sara Terry hosts.

Georgia, Ossetia and Russia

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST

The countries are separated by a wide cultural divide, which has had a major impact on the current political situation. Host Jonathan Kirsch discusses their differences with political scientist Ronald Steel of USC, historian Peter Kenez of UC Santa Cruz and Eugene Levin of Los Angeles-based Russian-language media group Panorama.

The Black List

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:31:00 EST

KCRW's Elvis Mitchell and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders have produced a critically acclaimed documentary called The Black List, that profiles prominent African-Americans. It's spawned a companion book and an art exhibition.

Sam Zell's LA Times Deal from Hell

podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW Podmaster) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:07:00 EST

It's been a period of vast upheaval at the Los Angeles Times under Sam Zell's ownership. How exactly did he manage to use the employees' pension fund as collateral? How secure are the futures of Times employees?