→ Art on the Lower East Side @WNYC
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently added the Lower East Side to a list of “endangered places.” For local artists and arts organizations, there’s a sense they feel endangered too – but some have found strategies for survival. Brigid Bergin has this report.
→ Radiolab » War of the Worlds
An examination of the power of mass media to create panic. In Radio Lab’s very first live hour, we take a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history – Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play about Martians invading New Jersey. And we ask: Why did it fool people then? And why has it continued to fool people since? From Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, New York to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuado.
