They provided benefits for injured workers. There was a great outgrowth of factories during that time, lots of injury so they took care of that and they also did some regulation of the factories that were growing up there in bohemia. Jewish background. His father grew up in jewish peasantry became relatively welltodo merchant store owner and kafka studied law and got a doctorate in law in prague when two german schools even though hes from jewish and czech background and so became a figure in german literary circles around the turn of the century. During his lifetime he only published a small number of short stories that he wrote three novels and all of them are published after his death and he actually left instructions may be halfhearted to his executor that the novels be burned because he didnt think he was satisfied with them but fortunately for us that instruction was ignored in his executor sort of reedited them in the form that we have them today. Host said he was a bureaucrat e
[inaudible conversations] tonight we are happy to have as our guest Brad Schwartz here to discuss his new book broadcast hysteria orson welles war of the worlds and the art of fake news published by for r. Strauss and giroux. Sure to attend the university of michigan in ann arbor where he earned his b. A. In history and screen arts and culture in 2012. He cowrote an episode of the awardwinning pbs series American Experience on the war of the worlds broadcast. Broadcast hysteria is getting wonderful reviews. Publishers weekly calls broadcast hysteria and impeccable account of the most famous radio show in history, a fascinating biography of orson welles and a vital lesson about the responsibility about the. Please welcome the Brad Schwartz schwartz. [applause] thank you for that wonderful introduction. Thank you to quail ridge for having me and cspan for being here and especially to all of you for coming. Im blown away by the turnout. Before it began i need to particularly thank someone
Of democracy . But first, a few hours ago, a bomb exploded at a checkpoint near baghdad. The countrys security sunk ever further into chaos. The iraqi Prime Minister is looking for someone to blame and accused qatar amend saudi arabia. The latest attack was the city of hilla. The twisted frame of the security checkpoint is testament to the power of the blast. During rushhour traffic, the driver of a minibus detonated his cargo. The drivers and passengers didnt stand a chance. This is the main entrance into hillah south of baghdad of the at least 50 cars were destroyed. One man clearly shocked describes the scene. The checkpost was very crowded when the bomb went off. There are so many victims, Police Officers and other citizens. This Police Officer is going through Peoples Telephone address books looking to go contact relatives and tell them of this attack. Violence continues to blight iraq and his Prime Minister is in no mood to mince words. He blamed the governments of saudi arabia a
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