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Václav Havel on Politically-Dangerous Times - Audio Essay Edition
Václav Havel on Politically-Dangerous Times - Audio Essay Edition
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15 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In the second installment of our Audio Essay podcast, Robert Fay remembers August of 1968 when the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia. In that time of epic political turmoil, the Czech playwright Václav Havel, using imagination and his faith in writers and literature, took a surprising approach to the chaos and danger; an important model for our times. You can read a version of the essay here: https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2019/01/vaclav-havels-guide-to-politically-dangerous-times.html
Music attribution: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.
Music attribution: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.
Released:
Oct 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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