30-minute interviews on arts and politics. Politicians discuss three artworks that influenced them; artists discuss three political events that influenced them. Host: Bo Seo Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/political-arts-with-bo-seo/id1438752309?mt=2
Xue Lan, Dean of Schwarzman Scholars Program and former Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University. Three artworks: 1. Portrait of Chairman Mao 2. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 3. The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin
Michelle D. Johnson, retired Lieutenant General of the US Air Force and Senior Vice President of the NBA. Three artworks: 1. The Great Lover, Rupert Brooke (poem) 2. Horses in motion 3. Wild flowers
Kim Sunjung, President and Chief Curator of the Gwangju Biennale. Three political events: 1. Gwangju Uprising (May 18, 1980) 2. Student protests in Korea (1980s) 3. End of Korean War (July 27, 1953)
Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK. Three artworks: 1. The music of J.S. Bach 2. The Judges of the Secret Court (Les francs-juges), Hector Berlioz 3. Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven
Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group. Three artworks: 1. Children's adventure stories 2. History books on lost civilizations 3. A Whole Life (Ein ganzes Leben), Robert Seethaler