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Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace: A Look at the Epic Russian Novel
and its Author
WBAI's War and Peace Broadcast: 35 Years Later
Actors, Journalists, Activists, Scholars and Others Continue
the War and Peace Epic
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace: A Look at the Epic Russian
Novel and its Author
Thirty-five years ago this month, Pacifica Radio station
WBAI broadcast a marathon reading of Leo Tolstoy's classic
work "War and Peace." For four and a half days ending
December 6, 1970, more than 170 people from all walks of life
came together for a reading of the great Russian epic "War
and Peace." We speak with Professor Andy Kaufman
of the University of Virginia about the significance of War
and Peace and its author, Leo Tolstoy. [includes rush
transcript]
Thirty-five years ago this month, Leo Tolstoy's classic work
"War and Peace" took over the airwaves of New York's
WBAI radio station, part of the Pacifica Radio Network. It
was the 100th anniversary of the book - and it was a time
of war. More than 300,000 US troops were in Vietnam. The final
death toll would be 58,000 U.S. troops, millions of Vietnamese,
Cambodians and Laosians. Anti-war sentiment was strong.
For four and a half days ending December 6, 1970, more than
170 people from all walks of life came together for a reading
of the great Russian epic "War and Peace." The marathon
reading captivated New York City.
- The Voices of WBAI's 1970 War and Peace Broadcast.
Nearly five days after the reading had begun, the legendary
actor Morris Carnovsky read the famous last words to Leo Tolstoy's
epic novel - ending what was at the time, the longest continuous
broadcast in radio history. The special had continued for
four and a half days, stopping only for music breaks and nightly
reports on the Vietnam War.
We speak with professor Andy Kaufman to talk about the significance
of War and Peace and its author, Leo Tolstoy.
- Andy Kaufman, visiting lecturer at the University of
Virgnia where he is a professor of Slavic languages and
literature. He is fluent in Russian and has lived in Russia
extensively and visited many of the places that are described
in Tolstoy's novels.
Links:
- PacificaRadioArchives.org
- Pacifica
Radio Archives War and Peace Broadcast: 35th Anniversary
- Support
Pacifica Radio Archives
WBAI's War and Peace Broadcast: 35 Years Later
We broadcast a documentary produced by the Pacifica Radio
Archives about Pacifica Radio station WBAI's 1970 War and
Peace broadcast. It includes excerpts from the 1970 marathon
reading, interviews with the original producers, new readings
performed specifically for this broadcast, and a lot more.
We broadcast a documentary produced by the Pacifica Radio
Archives about WBAI's War and Peace broadcast, 35 years later.
It includes excerpts from the 1970 production, interviews
with the original producers, new readings performed specifically
for this broadcast, and a lot more. This is from the Pacifica
Radio Archives.
- WBAI's War and Peace Broadcast: 35 Years Later
Links:
- PacificaRadioArchives.org
- Pacifica
Radio Archives War and Peace Broadcast: 35th Anniversary
Actors, Journalists, Activists, Scholars and Others
Continue the War and Peace Epic
Thirty-five years after WBAI's 1970 War and Peace broadcast,
the Pacifica Radio Archive gathered actors, activists, scholars
and journalists to read sections of the epic novel. We play
excerpts of readings by veteran White House correspondent
Helen Thomas and writer and death row prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal.
Thirty-five years after WBAI's 1970 War and Peace broadcast,
the Pacifica Radio Archive gathered actors, activists, scholars
and journalists to read sections of the epic novel.
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas was one of
those invited. Commonly referred to as "The First Lady
of the Press," Helen Thomas is the most senior member
of the White House press corps. She has served as White House
correspondent for United Press International for nearly 60
years and has covered every President since John F. Kennedy.
She is now a columnist for Hearst newspapers.
President Gerald Ford once remarked, "If God created
the Earth in six days, he couldn't have rested on the seventh
- he would have had to explain it Helen Thomas."
The Pacifica Radio Archives asked the veteran journalist
to read an excerpt of Leo Tolstoy's epic work, War and Peace.
- Helen Thomas, veteran White House correspondent reading
"War and Peace" and discussing the novel.
She was not the only to read Tolstoy's novel for Pacifica
Radio. We end today with some of the voices that continue
the War and Peace epic.
- Mumia Abu Jamal and others reading "War and Peace."
Links:
- PacificaRadioArchives.org
- Pacifica
Radio Archives War and Peace Broadcast: 35th Anniversary
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