This edition: Pamela Newkirk, "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga"
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Original tape date: November 18, 2015. First aired: January 6, 2016.In 1904, Ota Benga was brought from Africa, displayed at the St. Louis World's Fair, at the New York Zoological Gardens, where he was caged in the Monkey House with an orangutan. Pamela Newkirk's "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga" explores the turn-of-the-century science, race relations, and the men responsible for this shameful episode.
Guest List
Pamela Newkirk Author/Journalist, "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga”
- Barry Popik
- Friday, March 6 - 8:00am
- Mickey Burns
- Saturday, March 7 - 8:00am
- Ed Randall
- Sunday, March 8 - 8:00am
- Baseball Preview
- Friday, March 13 - 8:00am
- Chester Higgins Jr
- Saturday, March 14 - 8:00am
- Bill Diehl
- Sunday, March 15 - 8:00am
- T.J. English
- Friday, March 20 - 8:00am
- Saturday, March 21 - 8:00am
- Sunday, March 22 - 8:00am
- Sandra Peddie
- Friday, March 27 - 8:00am
- Saturday, March 28 - 8:00am
- Sunday, March 29 - 8:00am
- Mimi Sheraton, part two
- Sunday, March 1 - 8:00am
- Mimi Sheraton, part one
- Saturday, February 28 - 8:00am
- Ed Sorel
- Friday, February 27 - 8:00am
- The Con Men (part 2)
- Sunday, February 22 - 8:00am
- The Con Men (part 1)
- Saturday, February 21 - 8:00am
- Chicago, part two
- Friday, February 20 - 8:00am
- Chicago, part one
- Sunday, February 15 - 8:00am
- Juliet Papa, part two
- Saturday, February 14 - 8:00am
- Juliet Papa, part one
- Friday, February 13 - 8:00am
- Dorothy Parker
- Sunday, February 8 - 8:00am
- The Harlem Hellfighters
- Saturday, February 7 - 8:00am
- Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
- Friday, February 6 - 8:00am
