April 16, 2004, Hour One: World's Fairs / 'Tooth and Claw' Play

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Hour Two: World's Fairs / 'Tooth and Claw' Play

In 1904, in St Louis, it was electric typewriters and X-ray machines. In 1964, in New York, it was the "Futurama" undersea city, the IBM computer, and electricity "to cheap to meter". In this hour, we'll talk about technology predicted by past World's Fairs.

Then, we'll talk with playwright Michael Hollinger, author of "Tooth and Claw," a new play about the struggles between conservationists and fishermen in the Galapagos.

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Guests:
Robert Archibald
President and C.E.O.
Missouri Historical Society
Saint Louis, Missouri

William Young
Historian
Co-author, forthcoming book on 1964 World's Fair
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

David Gelernter
Professor, Computer Science
Yale University
Author, "1939: the Lost World of the Fair" (Avon, 1996)
New Haven, Connecticut

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Michael Hollinger
Playwright, "Tooth and Claw"
Assistant Professor, Theater Department
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania

This segment produced by Annette Heist

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