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Virginia and Louise do a deep dive into Barbara Kingsolver's Pullitzer Prize winning and compelling novel Demon Copperhead and talk all things Charles Dickens as well as adding some shameful new entries to the infamous Ick Register.BooksOliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 1838Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, 1854Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 2023 More Deep DivesEmma, by Jane AustenTelevisionEmma, mini series,  2009 Slow Horses, series 1-3 Apple TV+One Day, Netflix 2023

Today on a special Morning Glory, The Wire get's cancelled due to the news simply finishing! Nothing is happening anymore! It's a christmas miracle, so Pullitzer Prize losing journalists Liam and Milly get both sad and festive AT THE SAME TIME!  Christmas has come early, featuring some indie tunes of the festive nature and some skramz bangers somehow also of the festive nature! Featuring tunes from Erny Belle, Phoebe Bridgers, Reel Big Fish, and My Chemical Romance on their Yo Gabba Gabba debut. Thanks Tuning Fork!

Today on a special Morning Glory, The Wire get's cancelled due to the news simply finishing! Nothing is happening anymore! It's a christmas miracle, so Pullitzer Prize losing journalists Liam and Milly get both sad and festive AT THE SAME TIME!  Christmas has come early, featuring some indie tunes of the festive nature and some skramz bangers somehow also of the festive nature! Featuring tunes from Erny Belle, Phoebe Bridgers, Reel Big Fish, and My Chemical Romance on their Yo Gabba Gabba debut. Thanks Tuning Fork!

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Scott Eyman, Golden Age of Hollywood Celebrity Biographer About Harvey's guest: Today's guest, Scott Eyman, is one of America's most respected and prodigious authors, whose books are beloved by film buffs, because he  specializes in the golden age of Hollywood.   He's written 16 highly acclaimed books, including definitive biographies of Mary Pickford, Cary Grant, John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch, Louis B. Mayer, Cecil B. DeMille, and John Wayne.  He co-wrote THREE books with screen legend Robert Wagner, including his deeply moving memoir, “Pieces of My Heart: A Life”.  And one of my personal favourites, is “Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart”.   His very first book, now in its 7th edition, entitled, “Flashback: A Brief History of Film”, co-authored with Louis Giannetti, became an instant classic, and is required reading at film schools everywhere.   His latest book is entitled, “20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio”.  He was a Pullitzer Prize finalist and has won multiple awards including the Richard Wall Memorial Book Award for his book about Cecil B. DeMille, and the National Board of Review William K. Everson Award for Film History, for his prolific body of work.   He lectures extensively at museums and film festivals around the world.  And he's provided commentaries on DVDs of many classic movies.  You've seen him on Turner Classic Movies, and he's written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and practically every film magazine in existence.  And somehow, he also has time to be an adjunct professor of film history at the University of Miami.  For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/https://www.scotteyman.com/ https://mobile.twitter.com/scotteyman1https://www.facebook.com/ScottEyman1 #ScottEyman   #harveybrownstoneinterviews 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/i3YMxS6k_8I  Here are stories—some touching, some hilariously funny—from names you may recognize. Barry Bostwick: In 1972, Bostwick originated the role of bad boy Danny Zuko in the stage production of Grease, earning a Tony Award nomination for his performance. Marya Small originated the role of Frenchy in the original Broadway production of the musical Grease. Carole Demas: best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original 1976 production of The Baker's Wife. Ilene Kristin's big break came when she auditioned for the role of Patty Simcox in the original Broadway production of Grease (1972), in which she starred for two years. In 1975, she auditioned for and landed the role of Delia Ryan in the ABC daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway's Pullitzer Prize–winning 'night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows. Ken Waissman discovered Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago where it was running on weekends in the summer of 1971. Ken and his then partner Maxine Fox produced the original Broadway production. Alan Paul is one of the founding members of The Manhattan Transfer and an eight-time Grammy Award recipient. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/fQKCiKM5GZQ “Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More is a fabulous rockin' and rollin' origin story with every juicy inspiration that went into creating it. . . . A must read for all Grease fans.” —Didi Conn, Grease's “Frenchy” Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves, and seemingly destined for a short run. But like the little engine that could, this musical of high school kids from the 1950s moved uptown. On December 8, 1979, it became the longest running show—play or musical—in Broadway history. Here are stories—some touching, some hilariously funny—from names you may recognize: Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, and others you may not. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway's Pullitzer Prize–winning 'night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Moore directed many years of film and television, earning three Emmy nominations along the way. His most recent project was the documentary on the Flying Trapeze, The Flight Fantastic. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO's Carnivale.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/fQKCiKM5GZQ “Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More is a fabulous rockin' and rollin' origin story with every juicy inspiration that went into creating it. . . . A must read for all Grease fans.” —Didi Conn, Grease's “Frenchy” Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves, and seemingly destined for a short run. But like the little engine that could, this musical of high school kids from the 1950s moved uptown. On December 8, 1979, it became the longest running show—play or musical—in Broadway history. Here are stories—some touching, some hilariously funny—from names you may recognize: Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, and others you may not. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway's Pullitzer Prize–winning 'night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Moore directed many years of film and television, earning three Emmy nominations along the way. His most recent project was the documentary on the Flying Trapeze, The Flight Fantastic. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO's Carnivale.

In de laatste aflevering van dit academisch jaar staat het boek: ‘Guns, Germs & Steel – The Fates of Human Societies' (1997) centraal van de Amerikaanse fysioloog, evolutiebioloog, biogeograaf en milieuwetenschapper Jared Diamond. Voor de bespreking van deze klassieker uit de biologiebibliotheek hebben we Rutger Vos opnieuw bereid bevonden bij ons aan te schuiven. Rutger is evolutiebioloog en bio-informaticus en is werkzaam als universitair docent bij het Instituut voor Biologie en als onderzoeker bij Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Vorige keer bespraken we The Selfish Gene van Richard Dawkins met Rutger. Ditmaal staat Diamond op het menu! Naast zijn wetenschappelijke werk kreeg Diamond vooral bekendheid door een reeks populairwetenschappelijke boeken. Van zijn hand verschenen onder meer The Third Chimpansee (1992), Collapse (2004) en The World until Yesterday (2012). Maar vandaag richten we ons dus op Guns, Germs & Steel dat in 1998 werd bekroond met de Pullitzer Prize. Het boek begint in Papoea Nieuw-Guinea waar Diamond jarenlang ornithologisch onderzoek heeft gedaan. Hier wordt hij geconfronteerd met een vraag van een jonge charismatische Papoea-politicus Yali: Hoe kan het toch dat vrijwel alle cargo (denk aan levensmiddelen, goederen en technologie) afkomstig is uit de Westerse wereld, en niet omgekeerd? Waarom was zijn eigen land qua technologische ontwikkeling tot twee eeuwen terug nog in de steentijd, terwijl andere samenlevingen dit stadium allang gepasseerd waren. Kortom, waarom is de macht en welvaart in de wereld zo ongelijk verdeeld? In ongeveer vierhonderd pagina's probeert Diamond een coherent antwoord te formuleren op Yali's vraag. In zijn boek komt hij tot de conclusie dat het politieke en culturele overwicht dat de West-Europese beschaving heeft verworven, het onvermijdelijke uitvloeisel is van geografische en ecologische omstandigheden. In deze aflevering behandelen enkele thema's uit het boek. We beginnen met een samenvatting voor de luisteraars die het boek niet hebben gelezen. Vervolgens gaan we dieper in op plant- en dierdomesticatie en de invloed van zoönose ziektes op de totstandkoming van globale welvaartsverschillen. Afsluitend stellen we de vraag: hoe staat het nu met Guns, Germs & Steel 24 jaar na dato? Timestamps: 00:00-02:45 – Introductie 02:45-09:00 – Algemene indruk van het boek en Rutgers onderzoek 09:00-27:15 – Synopsis en duiding van de titel Guns, Germs & Steel 27:15-43:37 – Domesticatie van planten 43:37-01:12:24 – Domesticatie van dieren 01:12:24-01:24:27 – Zoönosen en andere germs 01:24:27-01:52:09 – Kritiek op Guns, Germs & Steel

This week on the Super Fun Time Trivia Podcast, we discuss the Pullitzer Prize winning novel "Your Body Is My Toilet", the best way to deal with a sentient cum sock, how to silence a man who brings 137 Roto Drums to band practice, and why the Cancer Man from X-Files had a short lived porn career as Carl Gerhart Redbush. Music Round: TV Themes Patreon: Super Fun Time TriviaFacebook: superfuntimetriviaInstagram: superfuntimetriviaTwitter: @sftimetriviaEmail: superfuntimetrivia@gmail.com Welcome to Super Fun Time Trivia: The known universe's only live improv comedy trivia podcast.

Last episode I said that I was hoping we'd have an actual winner to declare. It seems we have one, but it still doesn't feel like closure.  Donald Trump hasn't conceded the 2020 election, even after the major media outlets declared Joe Biden the winner. What do the KIRO Radio hosts think?  Dori Monson laid out the pathway Trump still has, but he acknowledged it's a long shot.  Dave Ross got Pullitzer Prize winning journalist David Farenthold to weigh in on the same question.  Gee Scott compared the whole situation to another infamous moment of litigation (don't want to give it away).  John Curley and Tom Tangney contrasted Trump's situation with Al Gore's in 2000.  Finally, we venture over to KTTH to see if those hosts think Trump's situation is any less dire than the KIRO hosts made it out to be.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raymond Bisha introduces a new release of orchestral music by American composer Christopher Rouse, who died in September 2019. It’s a fitting tribute to one who led the revitalisation of contemporary orchestral music with works that ranged from intensely active to wonderfully lyrical. As both a Pullitzer Prize and GRAMMY Award winner, his personal mission “to be of use: to sing you a song, to paint you a picture, to tell you a story” has resonated with audiences all over the world. The engaging programme on this release is brilliantly performed by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. Rouse’s Concerto for Orchestra is a ‘hyper-concerto’ that gives each player a chance to shine, while the mournful intimacy and passion of Supplica unfolds somewhat like the slow movement of a Bruckner or Mahler symphony. His Fifth Symphony blurs the lines between tradition and modernity and was described as “brilliant, exciting and at times hauntingly beautiful” by The Dallas Morning News.

Na de val van het regime in Afghanistan leidde het prille ontstaan van een vrije pers tot een kleine revolutie bij fotografen in het land. De internationaal bekroonde Massoud Hossani exposeert voor het eerst in het buitenland een fotocollectie van de Afghanistan Photographers Association (APA). Samen met 11 andere fotografen portretteert hij het alledaagse Afghaanse leven. In Dordrecht is de fototentoonstelling ‘Afghanistan, Life Beyond the Front Pages’ te zien. Verslaggever Irene Houthuijs ging voor ons op bezoek en sprak de Pullitzer Prize – winnaar Hossani.

Nick Duncalf follows Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company as they rehearse their revolutionary new stage show, Ms Blakk for President. In Chicago, Illinois, two of the ensemble’s key creatives, Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney, are bringing a theatrically daring and politically charged new show to life. Ms Blakk for President tells the extraordinary true story of an African-American drag queen who ran for president of the United States in 1992, at the height of the Aids crisis. Tarell is a critically acclaimed playwright who won an Oscar for his screenplay for the film Moonlight, based on his own childhood growing up in Miami, Florida. Not only has this show been created from scratch at breakneck speed, but Tarell is playing the lead role, after a 15-year absence from the stage. Inspired and supported by the company’s history and success, Tarell, Tina, and Steppenwolf’s artistic director, Anna D. Shapiro, are determined that this cultural institution must be theatrically and politically revolutionary in order to not just survive, but thrive in the 21st century. Founded 45 years ago in a leafy suburb of Chicago, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company has forged a reputation as one of the world’s foremost producers of electrifying, actor-led theatre, from their breakthrough productions of Balm in Gilead and Sam Shepard’s True West, to the Pullitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County, written by one of their own ensemble members, actor-turned-playwright Tracy Letts. The ensemble, expanding over the years to include 50 members, has won Tonys, Emmys, Pullitzers and multiple Oscar nominations, and includes John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise, Joan Allen, Bruce Norris, and many more.

Baroness Shirley Williams recalls her mother, WW2 anti-bombing protestor; 20 years since a mass killing in Omagh, the African-American photographer whose coverage of Martin Luther King's funeral won him a Pullitzer Prize, plus when TV finally came to South Africa and the birth of the instant noodle. Photo: Vera Brittain at Euston Station, London, in 1956. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Read today’s show notes on https://www.evnewsdaily.com   Well good morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are in the world, hello and welcome to the Sunday 22nd July edition of EV News Daily. It’s Martyn Lee here with the news you need to know about electric cars and the move towards sustainable transport.   Got a few new supporters to say hi to at the end of the show, and a massive gathering of EV drivers this weekend, I’ll fill you in after the news.   VW GROUP CANADA FORMS ‘ELECTRIFY CANADA' TO INSTALL ULTRA-FAST ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS "Volkswagen Group Canada announced the formation of Electrify Canada, a new company that will build an ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) direct current (DC) charging network across Canada. The EV chargers will be operational by the second quarter of 2019." according to Eric Waltz at Future Car: "Electrify Canada is an extension of Volkswagen's Electrify America, created as catalyst to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in retribution for the 2015 ‘dieselgate scandal' where VW admitted it tampered with diesel vehicle software in order to bypass stringent emissions requirements. Earlier this year, Electrify America announced plans to construct the largest EV charging network in the U.S., eventually exceeding the size of Telsa's planned Supercharger network. The initial plan includes the installation of 32 EV charging stations near major highways and in major metro areas including British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Each charging site will have four chargers on average and use the non-proprietary DC fast charging technologies (CCS and CHAdeMO)." "Electrify Canada's EV charging power will range from 150kW to 350kW, offering rapid charging. The higher 350kW is suitable for longer range, larger battery vehicles that are expected to come to market over the next several years."   http://www.futurecar.com/2478/VW-Group-Canada-Forms-Electrify-Canada-to-Install-Ultra-Fast-Electric-Vehicle-Chargers   2018 HYUNDAI SONATA PLUG-IN HYBRID DROPS BASE PRICE BY $1,350 "Hyundai released pricing for the refreshed 2018 Sonata Hybrid back in April, but information about its plug-in-hybrid sibling was nowhere to be found -- until today." reports Andrew Krok at CNET.com: "Hyundai has finally released pricing for the 2018 Sonata Plug-In Hybrid. It will start at $33,250, which is $1,350 cheaper than last year's base price. But it's not like standard equipment has decreased. It mates a 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle gas I4 to a 9.8-kWh battery and a 67-horsepower electric motor. Its 28-mile range on battery alone is 1 mile higher than last year. The battery can charge to full in less than three hours on a 240-volt Level 2 charger."   A WEEK TO FORGET FOR ELON? Or maybe not...according to Wired.com "Earlier this month, German car rental company Nextmove set a new range record in a Model 3, covering 622 miles on a single charge—more than twice the promised figure. OK, so they did it on a track, averaging just 22 mph, and with the car's Autopilot system working the steering and pedals. (They sat a dummy in the car for the 28-hour slog.)" "Munro & Associates reversed its findings. After completing its tear-down of the vehicle, it found Tesla could make about 30 percent profit on each vehicle, better than any other electric car. “I have to eat crow,” Sandy Munro told Autoline Network." "Tesloop which offers rides between cities in southern California and Nevada, published a blog post this week saying its Model S 90D had passed 400,000 miles and transported thousands of passengers. That certainly makes it one of the world's best-traveled Teslas, and Tesloop says the seats and interior have held up well." I would add to that Tweets from Elon including 5,000 new Model 3 reservations and 2,000 Model S and X reservations. And Elon saying "We gave up some grip and width in exchange for range. I would recommend stickier tires and wider on the rear for best performance" so that could bring the 0-60 time down to 3.3secs Plus Marques Brownlee getting to drive the Model 3 Performance. And Business Insider says Tesla will report it's earnings in a few weeks (I'll help them out with a specific date, Q2 2018 Reporting Date: August 1, 2018 maybe going to ir.tesla.com was a step too far for them). But they do say: "Tesla could lose 50% of its pre-orders for the Model 3 and still have 200,000 on the books. And sustaining production for the vehicle at a modest 2,000 per week still means about $5 billion in additional annual revenue. That's a tsunami of cash on the way for Tesla. For the bears, it's clear that wagering on the bad news has been sucker's bet."   But here's something which makes me a bit sad. WSJ have been strong critics of Tesla for years, but when Pullitzer Prize winning writer Dan Neil drove a Performance this week, he was blown away. Seriously impressed. But then those who are desperate to see TEsla fail took to the internet. "Out of control #Tesla short sellers harassed a well-respected journalist into deleting his Twitter account after wrote a positive review of the #Model3. They swamped WSJ's Dan Neil with hundreds of tweets in less than a day." "After hours of harassment from short sellers over trivial things like why he hasn't test driven the barely available I-Pace (especially given that this is his first review of the Model 3), Dan Neil deleted his Twitter account." So they're criticising him for NOT taking a free junket, at Jaguar's expense, to e wined and dined and given the VIP treatment to write glowing words about the I-PACE, but a long time Tesla critics admits he was wrong and is personally attacked? C'mon internet!   MORE DETAILS ON PORSCHE TURBO CHARGERS John Rosevear from Fool.com can come across as a bit savage towards Tesla on Twitter but then when he writes, is very knowledge and even handed: "[Porsche has] developed a key piece of new technology for Porsche's upcoming electric vehicles. While the electric Porsches will be able to recharge using the common CCS DC Fast recharging standard, they'll also accept proprietary Porsche "Turbo Chargers" that operate at 800 volts, twice the industry standard." "Porsche's dealers will have Turbo Chargers available, some other sites may install them -- and Porsche may offer them to owners for home installation. In fact, the first two Porsche Turbo Chargers are already installed and working, at a Porsche dealership near Berlin."   WEEKEND EVENT 1 EVs In The Park. Matthew Nichols. .@EVNewsDaily please give a mention to the success of @EVsInThePark 2018, one of the largest gathering of pure electric vehicles in the UK (over 100+), weather and chat was great! Well done @RenaultZoeClub Craig Tonge for organising this event.   WEEKEND EVENT 2 And secondly for those who listen in Vancouver, hope you enjoyed the Eco and Science Fair on Fraser Street yesterday. The free event featured the ‘Solo’ electric commuter car on the Meccanica Test Drive Track, plus cars from Tesla, Volkswagen, and Chevrolet.     COMMUNITY YouTube comments   You can listen to all previous 187 episodes of this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, TuneIn, Stitcher, and the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically. It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, and I'll catch you tomorrow.   CONNECT WITH ME! evne.ws/itunes evne.ws/tunein evne.ws/googleplay evne.ws/stitcher evne.ws/youtube evne.ws/soundcloud evne.ws/blog

You know what time it is!  And due to time constraints.....we're just going to list the topics per our usual Afronerd Radio channel and time (7pm every Wednesday....simply the Mid Week in Review).  The topics to be discussed are: a more in depth analysis of the Philadelphia Starbucks racial incident as this story appears to have legs (Dburt might have a conspiratorial slant-interesting that the MAGA clandestine organization called "Rittenhouse" in the Timeless TV show is also the name of the location in PA where this incident occurred); hip hop artist, Kendrick Lamar is awarded a Pullitzer Prize in Music-the first for an artist in the rap genre; scientists are theorizing if there was another technologically advanced society on Earth MILLIONS of years ago; revisiting a topic we covered before-Jurassic Park in real time: scientists ARE getting close to bringing back the Woolly Mammoth and all we can say is.....Does that sound like a good thing?; legendary director, Steven Spielberg may be joining the DC Universe with a live action version of the Blackhawks film; can language style determine if a person suffers from depression?l why actor, Terry Crews deconstructing masculinity is problem per a recent piece in the HuffPost (the Starbucks fiasco serving as an example); the MarySue gives a pretty accurate Avengers fan casting scenario using actors from the 90s; And lastly, columnist, Richard Cohen believes that diversity at the workplace is overrated...maybe because a woman was offered a jon he thought he deserved.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620. 

You know what time it is!  And due to time constraints.....we're just going to list the topics per our usual Afronerd Radio channel and time (7pm every Wednesday....simply the Mid Week in Review).  The topics to be discussed are: a more in depth analysis of the Philadelphia Starbucks racial incident as this story appears to have legs (Dburt might have a conspiratorial slant-interesting that the MAGA clandestine organization called "Rittenhouse" in the Timeless TV show is also the name of the location in PA where this incident occurred); hip hop artist, Kendrick Lamar is awarded a Pullitzer Prize in Music-the first for an artist in the rap genre; scientists are theorizing if there was another technologically advanced society on Earth MILLIONS of years ago; revisiting a topic we covered before-Jurassic Park in real time: scientists ARE getting close to bringing back the Woolly Mammoth and all we can say is.....Does that sound like a good thing?; legendary director, Steven Spielberg may be joining the DC Universe with a live action version of the Blackhawks film; can language style determine if a person suffers from depression?l why actor, Terry Crews deconstructing masculinity is problem per a recent piece in the HuffPost (the Starbucks fiasco serving as an example); the MarySue gives a pretty accurate Avengers fan casting scenario using actors from the 90s; And lastly, columnist, Richard Cohen believes that diversity at the workplace is overrated...maybe because a woman was offered a jon he thought he deserved.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Director Jake Murray, who was co-artistic director for Manchester's Royal Exchange Studio space with current Exchange Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom until he left Manchester in 2008, is back in the city with his new Durham-based Elysium Theatre Company. His latest production is of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pullitzer Prize-winning play Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train, which has only been produced twice in the UK before. BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to Jake at HOME Manchester a month before the production opened about the play, the aims of the new company, regional theatre in general and in Manchester in particular and about the issue of new plays that opened in London rarely getting new productions in the regions any more—a problem that Elysium is trying to confront with its programming. Jake Murray’s production of Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train for Elysium Theatre Company premières at The Assembly Rooms Theatre in Durham on 14 May 2018 before running at HOME Manchester from 16 to 19 May.

Pullitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation is being revived by director Bijan Sheibani for HOME Manchester in March 2018. Set in a creative drama class in a community centre in Vermont, the cast comprises Amelia Bullmore as Marty, Anthony Ofoegbu as James, Sian Clifford as Theresa, Con O’Neill as Schultz and Yasmin Paige as Lauren. Just over a week before the production opened, BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to Sian Clifford and Anthony Ofoegbu during their lunch break from rehearsals about the play, meta-acting, accents, pauses and hula-hooping. Circle Mirror Transformation runs at HOME Manchester from 2 to 17 March 2018.

Illinois State Representative Jeanne Ives joined Dan and Amy to talk about her run against Governor Rauner in the Republican primary. Leonard Sax is the author of “Why Gender Matter”, “Girls on the Edge”, “Boys Adrift” and the New York Times bestseller “The Collapse of Parenting.” He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the shooting in Florida. Steve Coll is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, a Pullitzer Prize winner. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about his new book “DIRECTORATE S: The CIA and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan”. Plus, CNN Senior Economist Stephen Moore joined Dan and Amy to talk economic matters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is the first film to utilise a shooting and projection frame rate of 120 frames per second in 3D at 4K HD resolution. In a drama which tells the story of American war heroes on leave from Iraq, will audiences be won over by what Ang Lee calls a " new immersive cinema?" Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pullitzer Prize for his debut novel The Sympathizer about the Vietnam war. His new book of short stories, The Refugees, draws heavily on his own experience of arriving in America having fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Bruegel's Defining A Dynasty at The Holburne Museum in Bath is the UK's first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty and brings together 35 works produced by four different generations of the family. A key work in the exhibition is the Wedding Dance in the Open Air, an oil painting from the Holburne's own collection which, following conservation work and technical examination, can be attributed firmly to the hand of Pieter Bruegel the Younger. The Kettering Incident is a new 8 part series on Sky Atlantic starring Elizabeth Debicki who played opposite Tom Hiddleston in BBC's hit drama The Night Manager. Shot entirely on location in Tasmania, The Kettering Incident follows a doctor (Debicki) who returns to her home town after several years overseas, only to find herself at the centre of a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young girl. Stefan Zweig's 1938 novel Ungueld des Herzens (Beware of Pity) brings together two of Europe's most boundary-pushing, imaginative theatre companies at the Barbican for the first time. Theatre de Complicite's Simon McBurney directs the outstanding Berlin theatre company Schaubühne in a story of a doomed romance set in the Austro-Hungarian empire just before the first world war.

In this episode of Views & Brews, KUT’s Rebecca McInroy joins Ivins’ long-time friend and author of Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins, Ellen Sweets as well as Pullitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist Ben Sargent and Ivins’ personal assistant Betsy Moon  in a discussion on Molly’s approach to politics, her life, the significance of satire, and of course food.

In this episode of Views & Brews, KUT’s Rebecca McInroy joins Ivins’ long-time friend and author of Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins, Ellen Sweets as well as Pullitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist Ben Sargent and Ivins’ personal assistant Betsy Moon  in a discussion on Molly’s approach to politics, her life, the significance of satire, and of course food.

The Pullitzer Prize winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman joined Bryan for a lengthy interview about his career, but not before they talked about Star Wars. In fact, Spiegelman was the designer behind the original TOPPS trading cards. Don't forget to pre-order your FULL OF SITH T-Shirt! Pre-Order ends December 24, order now: http://fullofsith.com/archives/917 Full Of Sith is a safe haven for Star Wars fans, no matter what you like or what your opions are, we'd love for you to share them with us. Please do so by sending us a voicemail or email. Keep an eye out for our newest episodes on Monday mornings. Contact info, episodes, banners, promos, bios and so much more can be found at http://www.fullofsith.com Thanks For Listening & May The Force Be With You... Always!

On-going Inauguration Augury:Who Stole the American Dream, and how we can animate a larger better global guiding dream of collaborative kinship Caroline hosts Hedrick Smith, Pullitzer Prize winning reporter, Emmy Award-winnig producer, NY Times reporter, PBS producer, author of “The Russians”, “The Power Game” and now, “Who Stole the American Dream,” that we may fully know and break free of the hood-winking, bamboozling Plutocracy that has kidnapped the experiment of democracy, how short-term sociopathic dementor greed threatens all of life – Until Now! May it be so! (But we gotta know.) The post The Visionary Activist – January 24, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

Larry Scott, Pac-12 Commissioner stops by to discuss the conference and its new TV network, changes to the postseason basketball tournament and potential changes to the college football postseason. Pullitzer Prize winning author Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights) joins the show to discuss his new book "Father's Day" which focuses on his cross country trip with his special needs son Zach. Legendary sports writer Frank Deford discusses his new book "Overtime - My Life as a Sportswriter" and how the job of being a reporter has changed over the course of his career. read more

Pullitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. In his book about JFK, "The Dark Side of Camelot," Hersh reveals how Kennedy plotted to kill Castro; how Kennedy's affair with Judith Exner left him vulnerable to blackmail; Kennedy's relationship with Marilyn Monroe; and his plans to pull out of Vietnam, but not before his re-election.