Today, Friday host Esty Dinur spends a music-filled hour with Gail Holst-Warhaft discussing the life, music, and revolutionary politics of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who passed away on September 2, 2021. Gail Holst-Warhaft is an adjunct professor of comparative literature and director of the Mediterranean Studies Initiative at Cornell University. Her areas of interest include […]
White Supremacy from Ancient Greece to the Vikings to Charlottesville
At the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. in August 2017, neo-Nazi demonstrators marched with symbols from the Middle Ages. Earlier this year, the Christchurch terrorist, who killed fifty-one people at a mosque in New Zealand, included Odin’s cross in his manifesto and made reference to Valhalla in his final social media post. Scholars […]
Greek to Me with Mary Norris
Today we welcome Mary Norris, the Comma Queen, back on the air with us to discuss her latest book, Greek to Me. The book traces her journey learning the Greek language and falling in love with Greece, its literature, and its culture. Mary Norris joined the editorial staff of The New Yorker in 1978 and was a […]
Unraveling Greece
Another development in the story of Greece’s struggle with foreign debt came last week when the European Commission issued the nation a €7.16bn bridge loan to avoid defaulting on its repayment obligations.
Doug Henwood and global austerity
Has austerity gone too far? How did we get here and where are we heading? With Greece and the EU, what are likely scenarios for the near and farther future? On Friday, July 17th, host Esty Dinur spoke with economist Doug Henwood to discuss global austerity and what the future holds.
Greece’s Syriza Government
What brought about the win of the leftist government in Greece? What are the reasons for the austerity forced on the Greek people? What is the Golden Dawn Movement? Check out this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!
