Episode 4 - John Semley - Is Charlie Hebdo Racist?

Polite Conversations

English - February 17, 2016 22:29 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB - ★★★★ - 155 ratings
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Books Columnist John Semley (@johnsemley3000) from Canadian paper The Globe & Mail joins us to discuss his review of Charb's posthumous book called Open Letter. Do check out his controversial piece here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-charlie-hebdo-editor-charbs-open-letter-is-problematic/article28050654/

We evidently have very differing viewpoints on this. Enjoy!

And pardon the heavy breathing, promise we weren't jogging while recording this interview...my headset mic is clearly way too sensitive. (-Eiynah)