Cultural

The Quran
Fred Denny
Islam
Fred Denny
Literature From the World of Islam
David Barsamian
An introduction to Islamic literature, hosted by David Barsamian. The program features English translations of poetry and prose.
Bob Dylan: Chimes of Freedom
Mike Marqusee
Bob Dylan is indisputably one of the major musicians of our time. He is a complicated and paradoxical figure that defies categorization. Although his work has undergone some ironic transmutations over the years, his musical development has often been a response to his rebellious and restless nature and refusal to be typecast. Like Picasso and […]
Cuban and Brazilian Music
John Galm
Featuring Professor of Music at CU Boulder John Galm in performance and interview. Mr. Galm is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in, and teaches, percussion instruments and music history, including those of Latin America.
Culture & Imperialism
Edward Said
Imperial power is constructed on a bedrock not only of force but of culture as well. Culture provides the crucial underpinning, justification and validation of empire. Its crudest manifestation is perhaps Kipling’s “White man’s burden.” A more refined version is the French “mission civilisatrice,” civilizing mission. Imperialism is often thought of as a European phenomenon […]
Interview
Danny Glover
Interview by David Barsamian.
The Poetry of Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib
This program features some of the most famous poems by Urdu’s greatest poet Mirza Ghalib. He was born in Agra in 1797 and died in Delhi in 1869. His birth name was Asadullah Khan. Mirza is a title indicating high rank or nobility. In his early poems he used the pen name Asad, which means […]
Interview
Ravi Shankar
Marx in Soho
Howard Zinn
Marx in Soho, written in 1999 by historian Howard Zinn (1922-2010), is a one-man play on the life of Karl Marx. Zinn stated that he wrote the play to “show Marx as few people knew him, as a family man, struggling to support his wife and children.” The play depicts Marx resurrected to defend the […]
Egypt: Culture and History
Fred Denny
Pharaohs, the Sphinx, Cleopatra and the pyramids are the popular images Egypt evokes. Few countries have a more storied past. Called “The Gift of the Nile” it has played a pivotal role in the cultural, religious, economic and political life of the Middle East. This program explores aspects of the country’s long history from Coptic […]
The Poetry of Sor Juana
Sor Juana
Features poetry by Sor Juana read in Spanish and in English translation. Prof. Yvonne Guillon Barrett provides commentary on her life and work. Produced and hosted by David Barsamian as part of his Pyrenees to the Andes Poetry Series series broadcast on KGNU. Funded by a grant from the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities.

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