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Bill Ayers: The Journey of a Teacher
May 1, 2010
We heard a lot about Bill Ayers during the 2008 election cycle; mostly attempts at using his name as a smear because of his past with the Weather Underground. But for the past forty years Ayers has been a teacher, an occupation he calls the most intellectually challenging thing he's ever done. His book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher has seen multiple editions, and when the publisher asked him about doing a new one, he wanted to do it a little differently. Ayers teamed up with comics artist Ryan Alexander-Tanner and created a graphic novel version of the book, hoping to reach new and different audiences.
Bill Ayers, Peter Kuper, and MoCCA Festival
April 30, 2010
We heard a lot about Bill Ayers during the 2008 election cycle; mostly attempts at using his name as a smear because of his past with the Weather Underground. But for the past forty years Ayers has been a teacher, an occupation he calls the most intellectually challenging thing he's ever done. His book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher has seen multiple editions, and when the publisher asked him about doing a new one, he wanted to do it a little differently. Ayers teamed up with comics artist Ryan Alexander-Tanner and created a graphic novel version of the book, To Teach: The Journey, In Comics, hoping to reach new and different audiences.
The Lasting Impact
November 8, 2008
So which is it? For radicals with their roots in the 1960s it's been a confusing few months.When Barack Obama delivered his victory speech Election Night in Chicago's Grant Park, many saw in the spectacle the end of an era. Here were a million plus people gathered to celebrate the election of the first African-American President, a Democrat, in the very same spot where in 1968, pictures published across
Did '08 End An Era Or Revive One?
November 7, 2008
Americans heard more about socialism and the Weather Underground during the last part of the Presidential Election campaign than most of us had heard in years. Today's show asks -- did '08 end an era - or revive one, politically speaking-- with former Weather Underground leader Bernadine Dohrn, Jamal Joseph, former Black Panther and Photographer turned PR guru David Fenton.

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