Cross Talk: Season Five, Episode 12

On the power of a poem.  From February 3, 2021.  It was a tense moment in history.  Who knew what might happen as Joe Biden was being sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th? It was just two weeks to the day since a violent insurrection.  Whatever they had anticipated, people watching and listening remember this among the highlights of the day: the performance of a poem by Amanda Gorman.  Yes, words matter.  Poems have power.  And you can find a poetry "scene" in almost any city...and, on the radio. For educational purposes.  Makes fair dealing use of bits of audio from Democracy Now, CNN, The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah, and Howl from CIUT-FM Toronto.