A Girl’s Life

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April 20, 2003

When Geraldine Hughes was growing up, violence was a way of life.  There were bombs, guns, and slayings right out the back door.  Then Hollywood showed her a way out.  In this hour of To the Best of our Knowledge, growing up in a war zone.  Also, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” - an English professor remembers her underground book group in revolutionary Iran.

Azar Nafisi on Reading in Tehran

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Azar Nafisi tells Steve Paulson about her weekly secret meetings with students to read forbidden Western literature.

Geraldine Hughes on "Belfast Blues"

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Geraldine Hughes wrote and stars in the one-woman play “Belfast Blues.” It’s based on her childhood in Troubles-plagued Belfast.

Betsy Israel on the History of Single Women

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Betsy Israel tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa Mat Alcott to Ally McBeal.

Sharon Isbin on Playing Guitar

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Guitarist Sharon Isbin talks with Steve Paulson about how she came to the guitar as a child, why women have a harder time than men being accepted as guitarists.

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Airdates
April 20, 2003
April 04, 2004
Guests: 

Azar Nafisi

Betsy Israel

Geraldine Hughes

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Sharon Isbin

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Categories: 
Culture
Last modified: 
March 17, 2022