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May 19, 2014

Camera Q&A: Isabel Coixet on Aral: The Lost Sea

Who: Isabel Coixet is a Spanish filmmaker based in Barcelona. In 2010, she collaborated with Spanish nonprofit We Are Water for the organization’s first initiative aimed at improving the management…..

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April 15, 2014

Camera Q&A: James Romm on Nero and Seneca

Who: James Romm is a professor of classics at Bard College, with a specialty in ancient Greek and Roman history. His latest book, Dying Every Day examines the relationship between…..

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April 7, 2014

The Western Tradition revisited: Charlemagne

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in April of 2014) At the age of 87, English actor Christopher Lee portrayed one of Europe’s greatest kings in a most unusual fashion. 2010 saw…..

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March 17, 2014

The Western Tradition revisited: The Byzantines

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in March of 2014) The glory that was Rome and its empire has been covered in television documentaries rather expansively. Yet the Eastern Empire that survived…..

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February 2, 2014

Camera Q&A: Sean Oliver on Kayfabe Commentaries

Who: Sean Oliver is the co-founder of Kayfabe Commentaries, which produces interviews with professional wrestlers (and others in the industry) about the history of their business. Oliver conducts the interviews,…..

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November 21, 2013

Art Spiegelman on his career so far

Who: Art Spiegelman is a New York City-based graphic artist, writer and editor. Since launching his career in New York’s underground comix scene of the 1960s, Spiegelman’s work has helped…..