The Zone of Absolute Exclusion - Part Two

One night in 1986, near the small town of Chernobyl, Ukraine, there was an explosion in Reactor 4 at the nuclear power station. Around the town today is a “Zone of Absolute Exclusion,” where no one is supposed to live, and nothing should be harvested. But many have returned to the Zone, and many others are marked forever by their time there twenty years ago. Philip Coulter goes into the Zone and finds tales of individual bravery and recklessness, lives changed forever, and communities shattered.

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[mp3 file: runs 50:45]

The Zone of Absolute Exclusion - Part One

One night in 1986, near the small town of Chernobyl, Ukraine, there was an explosion in Reactor 4 at the nuclear power station. Around the town today is a “Zone of Absolute Exclusion,” where no one is supposed to live, and nothing should be harvested. But many have returned to the Zone, and many others are marked forever by their time there twenty years ago. Philip Coulter goes into the Zone and finds tales of individual bravery and recklessness, lives changed forever, and communities shattered.

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[mp3 file: runs 52:07]

June Callwood - The 2002 Dalton Camp Lecture

Since June Callwood's death on April 14th, there has been an outpouring of love and respect from across the country. This is the Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism, given by June Callwood in October, 2002.

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[mp3 file: runs 52:24]

In Other Words - Part Three

Have you ever read Don Quixote? There are several English translations of it. Which Don Quixote was it? Or how about Anna Karenina? Unless you are fluent in the original languages in which these works were published, you’ve read them through the prism and sensibilities of that most underestimated of literary artists — the translator. Barbara Nichol discusses literary translation with some of its most gifted practitioners.

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[mp3 file: runs 50:56]

In Other Words - Part Two

Have you ever read Don Quixote? There are several English translations of it. Which Don Quixote was it? Or how about Anna Karenina? Unless you are fluent in the original languages in which these works were published, you’ve read them through the prism and sensibilities of that most underestimated of literary artists — the translator. Barbara Nichol discusses literary translation with some of its most gifted practitioners.

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[mp3 file: runs 50:44]

In Other Words - Part One

Have you ever read Don Quixote? There are several English translations of it. Which Don Quixote was it? Or how about Anna Karenina? Unless you are fluent in the original languages in which these works were published, you’ve read them through the prism and sensibilities of that most underestimated of literary artists — the translator. Barbara Nichol discusses literary translation with some of its most gifted practitioners.

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[mp3 file: runs 51:29]

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