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SoS # 61 | James Shapiro: The Playbook

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Thomas Dabbs again speaks with James Shapiro of Columbia University, this time about his recent book entitled: ‘The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War.’[SEGMENTS]00:00:00 - Intro00:01:20 - ‘The Playbook’ and Shakespeare in America00:04:17 - The Federal Theater (1935-39)00:07:22 - Hallie Flanagan and the Federal Theater00:13:02 - Martin Dies and the conservative playbook00:18:50 - The American culture war00:20:05 - Beginnings of the Federal Theater00:23:50...

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