The DC Salon

Latest Episodes:

Sixth Episode - David Greenberg Apr 25, 2021

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David Greenberg talks with Celeste Marcus about the process of renaming public spaces and buildings, concerns about how such decisions are made, and suggestions for how best to think about them.

Fifth Episode - Leon Wieseltier Apr 16, 2021

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Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss the catastrophe in Syria: "We’re commemorating two terrible things: the destruction of a country and a society by the worst imaginable means… and the failure of the United States to do a damn thing about it.”

Third Episode - Shawn McCreesh Jan 18, 2021

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Shawn McCreesh talks with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to grow up in a suburb of Philadelphia ravaged by the opioid crisis.

Second Episode - Michael Ignatieff Jan 14, 2021

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Michael Ignatieff, rector of Central European University, chats with Celeste Marcus about what it was like to watch America desecrate its own sacred institutions from Europe, and what that desecration represents for the United States and the world.

First Episode - Leon Wieseltier Jan 04, 2021

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Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus talk about hope and fear, and how to keep our heads in all our crises.