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Trump vs the election: Asha Rangappa This is the first interview in an eight-part series. Asha Rangappa Legal scholar and former FBI agent “That is really hard to answer,” says Asha Rangappa, who in her roles as senior law lecturer at Yale University, legal analyst for CNN and former FBI special agent has probably faced trickier questions than “Can you be sure […]
Trump vs the system: Chris Buskirk This is the second interview in an eight-part series. Chris Buskirk Editor and publisher Chris Buskirk remembers the moment in 2015 he first took Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. “We were talking about the Republican debate at a family meal,” says the Arizona-based editor and publisher of conservative online journal American Greatness. “And […]
Culture in lockdown: 5. Elizabeth Stokes This is the final part of a five-part series. See also our profiles of comedian Dom Joly, theatre director Matthew Xia, classical musician Yana Tsanova and Elvis impersonator Brendan Paul Elizabeth Stokes, musician Auckland, New Zealand Elizabeth Stokes has vivid memories of The Beths’ 6th November 2020 concert at Auckland Town Hall. “We finished the […]
Culture in lockdown: 4. Brendan Paul Brendan Paul, Elvis impersonator Las Vegas, US “I know what most people think. I can see it in their eyes when I tell them what I do,” says Brendan Paul, owner of the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas. “People smirk and go, ‘Oh my God, you’re one of those Elvis people that sings at weddings.’ […]
Matthew Xia, theatre director For theatre director Matthew Xia, 846 Live came from a place of frustration. “George Floyd lost his life on the streets of America, and I think many people of African diaspora heritage wanted to speak to that moment,” he says. “But I felt hamstrung by Covid. Sure, I could scream into Twitter or write a blog, but [as a director] that’s not what I do. I bring people together.” Commissioned by Theatre Royal Stratford East and the Royal Docks Team in response to the killing of Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020, 846 Live began life as a series of short audi...