The Radical Imagination: Imagining The Late, Late Frogs -- The Merits and Role of Art and Music in Modern Political Activism

Host Jim Vrettos is in dialogue with Octavio Vourvoulias, the author of a new play entitled The Late, Late Frogs and its director Aiden Murphy.  Henry Wright — Chair of the Youth Democracy Movement will join them as co-host, to discuss how the ancient classic The Frogs, written 2500 years ago by Greek comic playwright Aristophanes, has been contextualized into a contemporary Late, Late-night Frogs televised debate between two popular musicians who offer comments on our contemporary struggles with art’s moral,civic and political role to save humankind.