Imagining the Early Roots of One's Radical Imagination
November 4, 2018
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Jamie Bernstein, Writer, Narrator, Broadcaster and Filmmaker. Among other topics the conversation pays a homage to Jamie's father, the "West Side Story" composer Leonard Bernstein.
Episode Number
212
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Genre
Neighborhood
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The Radical Imagination
The Radical Imagination looks at radical alternatives of what the United States could be like, offering a safe space in which people can discuss what they imagine in order to transform the criminal justice system, economic system, political system, etc.; understanding that the same issues that...
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