Attacks on culture in the USA, plus the secret life of famous author Daniel Defoe

April 8
54 mins

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Episode Description

Pulitzer prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, looks at the state of the arts in Trump's America, and the story of Daniel Defoe's secret life as a spy, against Scottish independence, in the early 1700s, before he became the author of the famous 'Robinson Crusoe'.

Guests:

  • Sebastian Smee, writer and art critic, formerly with The Washington Post
  • Marc Mierowsky, author of 'A spy amongst us: Daniel Defoe's Secret Service and the plot to end Scottish Independence' (Yale University Press)   
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