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Talkies – November 23, 2021

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Guest host Max Pringle speaks with author and historian Giles Tremlett about his new book “the International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War.” The book examines the history of the international volunteer brigades who went to Spain in the 1930s to defend democracy during the Spanish Civil War.

Letters and Politics

The Making of a Haitian Revolutionary: From Toussaint Breda to Toussaint L’Ouverture

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  Guest: Sudhir Hazareesingh is a British-Mauritian historian. He is a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.  He has written extensively about French intellectual and cultural history, among his books are The Legend of Napoleon, In the Shadow of the General and How the French Think. He won the Prix du … Continued

UpFront

A recap of closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery case; Immigration provisions in the Build Back Better bill; David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything

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On today’s show: 0:08 – We unpack closing arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery case with Christopher Bruce, Policy Director with the ACLU of Georgia (@ACLUofGA). 0:33 – Angelica Salas, Executive Director of @CHIRLA – The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights joins us to discuss national immigration policy and immigration provisions inside of the Build Back … Continued

A Box of Toys

A Box of Toys #9 French Connection Rewind

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This week we repeat our French Connection show from 2020- a review of French music that is fresh, fun, and innovative. One of our favourite shows featured a thick slab of Sporto Kantes, Guts, Noze, Chinese Man, La Femme (who recently appeared on NeedleDrop), & General Electrics