Schedule for Oct. 31, 2014
Piya Chattopadhyay introduces four segments from Best of Q. Here's what we have on tap today: Thomas Rogers looks at how facists are using hipster culture to attract younger members, and to skirt laws banning Nazi symbolism. [FULL POST] Natalia Kaliada, the exiled artistic director of the famously defiant Belarus Free Theatre, speaks with guest host Piya Chattopadhyay about the...
Piya Chattopadhyay introduces four segments from Best of Q. Here's what we have on tap today:
- Thomas Rogers looks at how facists are using hipster culture to attract younger members, and to skirt laws banning Nazi symbolism.
- Natalia Kaliada, the exiled artistic director of the famously defiant Belarus Free Theatre, speaks with guest host Piya Chattopadhyay about the company's ongoing struggle. Kaliada is one of the founders of the 9-year-old theatre, which has been the target of government censorship since it formed in 2005.
- Syrian actor Jay Abdo explains how he went from autograph-signing star to struggling refugee in Los Angeles, delivering pizzas and flowers for a living.
- Shovels and Rope -- comprised of husband and wife duo Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst -- stop by Studio Q to perform from their album Swimmin' Time.