And, by contributions to your pbs stations by viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis the twotime grammy award winner is the director of the l. A. Opera and is the champion of composers whose work is not wellknown. By thers were silenced not see regime nazi regime. Combines the story of moses with negro spirituals. His achievements were hijacked by racism. Conlonke a look at directing the orchestra. Tavis that is good to have you on the program. Talk about the state of opera. This is fascinating. I have been following this and our fans have for the last two years. The opera, it is in trouble, it seems. I wrote this down because i wanted put some context into our conversation as we began. The world of opera is in peril. San diegos opera is folding. These are the closures. Baltimore, the opera in boston in 2011, the opera of san antonio in 2012. You believe in it. You are still doing it. What is happening with opera . I am optimistic. Nothing is happening to opera. It is institutions. These a
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The 1960s, two. 3 chilean dollars in aid has gone to developing countries in an effort to eradicate poverty with only limited results. Is now seniorly fellow at the brookings institution. He has written extensively about ,his issue and in his new text the tearing of experts, economists and dictators and the forgotten rights of the poor, he calls for radical rethinking of our approach to development. To have you, good back on this program. Good to be back. Tavis this is a bold and provocative and inyourface title, the tearing of experts. Who are you talking about . Im talking about what i used staff, thed bank Gates Foundation, the rockefeller foundation. We have this paternalistic attitude in which we think we know what is best for poor people, and we dont recognize poor peoples rights to determine their own destiny, to determine their own democratic destiny. That is what we fundamentally disrespect in the busin
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis how does a self acclaimed atheist deal with mystical experiences from her teenage years that seem to challenge her certainty of the absence of god and the dominance of science . , that meantnreich writing a new memoir, living with a wild god, a nonbeliever search about the truth about aerything to go to texas on fascinating journey. Barber, as always, great to have you on the program. I want to jump right into our conversation by asking you to unpack this title for me. Living with a wild god. Well, this title reflects the fact that human beings have worshiped a variety of deities and spirits throughout history and throughout all the continents. Most of these were not monotheistic gods who were good and benevolent. Probably before 2500 years ago, most people were worshiping animal gods, and certainly some of my ancestors and the celts were worshiping a horse, and this was normal. Our ideas of god are very l
And, by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. You are being placed under arrest. We do not want anyone to move. The time for running has come to an end. Tell the black people in mississippi to not be scared today. You tell them that they are dealing with some men. Did i just see Stokely Carmichael say that all of the scared are dead . Yeah. Stokely carmichael was making a galvanizing speech. He was at the front of the civil rights movement. He was arrested 27 times for his civil rights activities. Carmichaels life is the subject of a biography. El e. Joseph. Good to have you on this program. Thank you to have made. For having me. Tavis that is some Strong Language from this person that we know as americas hes maker. Peacemaker. It is significant of king and carmichaels relationship. They mentor each other and become the union and yang will we think about the second half of the 1960s and the black freedom struggle. A frictions always and tension between the t
And, by contributions to your pbs stations by viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis the twotime grammy award winner is the director of the l. A. Opera and is the champion of composers whose work is not wellknown. By thers were silenced not see regime nazi regime. Combines the story of moses with negro spirituals. His achievements were hijacked by racism. Conlonke a look at directing the orchestra. Tavis that is good to have you on the program. Talk about the state of opera. This is fascinating. I have been following this and our fans have for the last two years. The opera, it is in trouble, it seems. I wrote this down because i wanted put some context into our conversation as we began. The world of opera is in peril. San diegos opera is folding. These are the closures. Baltimore, the opera in boston in 2011, the opera of san antonio in 2012. You believe in it. You are still doing it. What is happening with opera . I am optimistic. Nothing is happening to opera. It is institutions. These a