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25. 11. 2024 19:00

Tympanum + Argo: American elections up close

Fresh electoral experiences will bring us long-time reporter of the Czech Radio Jan Kaliba a foreign correspondent of CT David Mirejovsky. The evening will also include a baptism Audiobooks Wrestling for America: Voices from a divided country, Jan Kaliby.

 

Jan Kaliba: Voices from a divided country

Get to know the current United States of America and the struggle for its and our future from the inside. How do Donald Trump's supporters think and why have they failed him? How do indigenous people view their American citizenship? Why do descendants of black slaves speak out about persistent systemic racism? What are the experiences of those trying to get to the US across the southern border? As a Czech Radio correspondent, the author spent six years in the field focusing on these "voices of America" and letting them speak far beyond the scope of conventional reporting. The book includes stories that won the international category of Reportage at the Prix Bohemia Radio Festival two years in a row.

 

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