But it is also due to the intimacy of radio as a medium and the wonderfully creative production of then Montreal Ideas producer Jane Lewis, who whipped me into CBC shape, in what was a baptism by fire. In our brief conversation, he told me the program had brought tears to his Trinidadian father's eyes when he listened to it, as it brought back fond memories of his childhood.Ī large part of the program's success can be attributed to James' growing stature as one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. A number of people approached me after it aired, including someone who recognized my voice from the documentary. It was as if people had been waiting to hear a program about James - the Trinidadian thinker, fiction writer, and author of books on history, politics, sport, popular culture. James, The Black Jacobin, first aired in 2005, it struck a chord with its audience. When the three-part IDEAS program on C.LR.
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