February 7, 2010

Broadcast Date: 
Feb 7 2010

A two-hour special  featuring The Great Depression: A Diary.  Readings from the journal that Benjamin Roth, a lawyer in Youngstown Ohio, kept throughout the Great Depression, plus a conversation with the book's co-editor, The Big Money's James Ledbetter.

Episode segments
  • James Ledbetter, The Great Depression, Part 1
    National Politics
    James Ledbetter is editor of The Big Money, and author of The Great Depression: A Diary, published recently by Public Affairs. Previously, he was deputy managing editor of CNN Money and Fortune.com. He is the former business editor of Time Europe and former editor of the Industry Standard Europe.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Part 1 of our discussion with James Ledbetter about the book and the event, The Great Depression, and their resonances in today's Great Recession.

  • James Ledbetter, The Great Depression, Part 2
    National Politics
    James Ledbetter is editor of The Big Money, and author of The Great Depression: A Diary, published recently by Public Affairs. Previously, he was deputy managing editor of CNN Money and Fortune.com. He is the former business editor of Time Europe and former editor of the Industry Standard Europe.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Part 2 of our discussion with James Ledbetter about the book and the event, The Great Depression, and their resonances in today's Great Recession.

  • The Great Depression: A Diary, Readings Part 1
    National Politics
    Brian Pickett is a theatre artist, educator, and activist who works with Theaters Against War and the Palestine Education Project.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    The first of four readings from The Great Depression: A Diary.

  • The Great Depression: A Diary, Readings Part 2
    National Politics
    Brian Pickett is a theatre artist, educator, and activist who works with Theaters Against War and the Palestine Education Project.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    This is the second of four readings from The Great Depression: A Diary.

  • The Great Depression: A Diary, Readings Part 3
    National Politics
    Brian Pickett is a theatre artist, educator, and activist who works with Theaters Against War and the Palestine Education Project.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    This is the third of four readings from The Great Depression: A Diary.

  • The Great Depression: A Diary, Readings Part 4
    National Politics
    Brian Pickett is a theatre artist, educator, and activist who works with Theaters Against War and the Palestine Education Project.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    This is the last of four readings from The Great Depression: A Diary.