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Hear a conversation with award-winning journalist Kathleen Sharp. She just recently published an investigative story on the display of stolen Native American artifacts by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. KCSB's Jennifer Yoshikoshi spoke with Sharp to learn more about this issue.
Earlier in November, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Haaland v. Brackeen, which could overturn the landmark federal policy called the Indian Child Welfare Act. The policy implements minimum federal standards for when a Native American child is removed from their family. KCSB's Zoha Malik speaks to journalist Kathleen Sharp for more insight on why this law was created, its ongoing relevance today, and the potential long-lasting impact if it is overturned.
From March 2013: Kathleen Sharp, author of Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire, discusses the instrumental role that Universal Television, under Lew Wasserman's leadership, played in developing original full-length two-hour movies made expressly for television—and how the studio would've cornered the market by developing the 90-minute "Movie of the Week" format were if not for a strategic mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We speak with Kathleen Sharp about her new book Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire. She is an investigative journalist who also penned In Good Faith and Blood Medicine: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever. She has written for a variety of magazines and has also worked in radio and film. We also rebroadcast an interview we conducted with Kent Nerburn about his book The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky. He has won two Minnesota Book Awards, for Neither Dog Nor Wolf and The Wolf at Twilight, and has published many books focusing on Native American and American culture.
The #MeToo movement has made sexual harassment in the entertainment industry a daily topic.The #MeToo movement has made sexual harassment in the entertainment industry a daily topic. But, sexual harassment has been part of the landscape for far longer than many of us realize. Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist and the author of the recently released Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire.Kathleen provides a unique perspective on how men -- and women -- navigated a world where harassment and sexual politics were always the norm and discusses what the past can teach us about the future of Hollywood.
The #MeToo movement has made sexual harassment in the entertainment industry a daily topic. But, sexual harassment has been part of the landscape for far longer than many of us realize. Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist and the author of the recently released Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire.Kathleen provides a unique perspective on how men -- and women -- navigated a world where harassment and sexual politics were always the norm and discusses what the past can teach us about the future of Hollywood.
The #MeToo movement has made sexual harassment in the entertainment industry a daily topic.The #MeToo movement has made sexual harassment in the entertainment industry a daily topic. But, sexual harassment has been part of the landscape for far longer than many of us realize. Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist and the author of the recently released Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire.Kathleen provides a unique perspective on how men -- and women -- navigated a world where harassment and sexual politics were always the norm and discusses what the past can teach us about the future of Hollywood.
Zoe Hewitt talks with Kathleen Sharp about her book, Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire. Ever wonder why so many B actors wind up as A-grade politicians? Or how the casting couch worked? Acclaimed author Kathleen Sharp traces the influence of show business through the lives of its first power couple. Edie and Lew Wasserman built the world's largest talent agency, MCA, created the multibillion-dollar Universal Studios, and helped shape Washington, DC. Starting from MCA's birth in gangland Chicago, Lew represented stars such as Jimmy Stewart and Marilyn Monroe; pioneered TV with Leave It to Beaver and Miami [...] The post Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood by Kathleen Sharp | Book Circle Online appeared first on Book Circle Online.
Zoe Hewitt talks with Kathleen Sharp about her book, Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire. Ever wonder why so many B actors wind up as A-grade politicians? Or how the casting couch worked? Acclaimed author Kathleen Sharp traces the influence of show business through the lives of its first power couple. Edie and Lew Wasserman built the world's largest talent agency, MCA, created the multibillion-dollar Universal Studios, and helped shape Washington, DC. Starting from MCA's birth in gangland Chicago, Lew represented stars such as Jimmy Stewart and Marilyn Monroe; pioneered TV with Leave It to Beaver and Miami [...]
Award-winning journalist Kathleen Sharp discusses her book, “Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever.” This true story about a whistle-blower fighting Big Pharma over the anti-anemia drug know as Procrit, Epogen, and Aranesp or simply “epo.” From financial kickbacks to doctors, bribes and Medicare fraud, to patients doubling as unwitting guinea pigs for high doses of the dangerous drug Sharp tells a shocking story which is now unfolding federal court. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23748]