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Let's call it "Refugia", this new global nation of refugees. It's not on any map, of course; it's everywhere.
We're venturing into a churning stream of refugee stories we haven't heard enough... from boat people, stowaways, orphans of war, famine and politics, asylum seekers, witnesses to almost unspeakable suffering, tellers of heroic adventures-if only we'll listen.
Peter Sellars is showing us how to listen. He's the stage director who has revived an Athenian play from 25 centuries ago, maybe the oldest refugee story we have, about the banished, homeless children of Herakles. Peter Sellars' signature trick is setting classic frames around contemporary reality.
So there's a mix on his stage and our radio show: play by Euripides, fresh tales on the run from Bosnia, Haiti, China, Somalia. Underlying the old and the new is the question of kinship: who are the global refugees to us, in this free nation of immigrants.
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Let's call it "Refugia", this new global nation of refugees. It's not on any map, of course; it's everywhere. We're venturing into a churning stream of refugee stories we haven't heard enough... from boat people, stowaways, orphans of war, famine and politics, asylum seekers, witnesses to almost unspeakable suffering, tellers of heroic adventures-if only we'll listen. Peter Sellars is showing us how to listen. He's the stage director who has revived an Athenian play from 25 centuries ago, maybe the oldest refugee story we have, about the banished, homeless children of Herakles. Peter Sellars' signature trick is setting classic frames around contemporary reality. So there's a mix on his stage and our radio show: play by Euripides, fresh tales on the run from Bosnia, Haiti, China, Somalia. Underlying the old and the new is the question of kinship: who are the global refugees to us, in this free nation of immigrants.
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Episode Three: Refugia
CL: From Public Radio International?I?m Christopher Lydon?this is the Whole Wide World. We?re venturing into a churning stream of refugee stories? from boat people, stowaways, orphans of war, famine and politics, witnesses to almost unspeakable suffering, tellers of heroic adventurers, if only we?ll listen. Peter Sellars is showing us how to listen. He?s the stage director who?s revived an Athenian play from 25 centuries ago, maybe the oldest refugee drama there is, about the banished, homeless children of the strongman Herakles. Peter Sellars? signature trick is infusing classic frames with contemporary reality. So there?s a mix on his stage and on this radio show: old play by Euripides, fresh tales on the run from Bosnia, Haiti, China, Somalia. The question under all: who are these global refugees to us, in this free nation of immigrants. Refugee sto...
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Review of Refugia
Wonderfully creative treatment of diaspora around the world, humankind, and the power of art. Full of moving voices, powerful stories, enlightening conversation. Lydon's terrific writing and delivery sweep us along on this well-produced journey that carries us far from North America while leading us deep into its heart. An important piece of work.