Pankaj Mishra goes back to the Enlightenment to explain our age of anger; Ronald Rael imagines how architecture might dismantle a wall rather than construct it; and our editors offer up their favorite tales from the Emerald Isle. Sláinte!
Episode extras:
• Our St. Patrick’s Day Reading list
• An excerpt from Pankaj Mishra’s new book, Age of Anger in The Guardian
• Martha McPhee on Edna O’Brien
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