Beyond Sex and Soccer: Why Brazilians Are Pissed About the World Cup
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The World Cup opens with a bang, how thinking mothers should deal with gun play, and we interview the directors of two new documentaries -- one on the late, great Gore Vidal, the other on prison escape artist and possible criminal justice victim Mark DeFriest.
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The World Cup opens with a bang, how thinking mothers should deal with gun play, and we interview the directors of two new documentaries — one on the late, great Gore Vidal, the other on prison escape artist and possible criminal justice victim Mark DeFriest.
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Guests, in order of appearance: Khaled A. Beydoun, Pamela Alma Weymouth, Gabriel London and Nicholas Wrathall.
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