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CLEAN : Five years after attack France's Charlie Hebdo still under threat
He's one of Charlie Hebdo's newest illustrators: cartoonist Pierrick Juin joined the satirical weekly just a few months after the 2015 attack (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Protest in Istanbul against republication of Mohammed cartoons by French magazine Charlie Hebdo
Demonstrators gather in Istanbul with placards to protest against the republication of Mohammed cartoons by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French PM affirms commitment to "fight terrorism" at scene of Paris attack
French Prime Minister Jean Castex affirmed Friday his "resolute will, by all means, to fight against terrorism" after attending the scene of the stabbing attack that injured two people near the former premises of satirical French...
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VOICED : Dos heridos en París en ataque con arma blanca
Dos personas fueron heridas gravemente en un ataque con cuchillo el viernes en París, frente a la antigua sede de Charlie Hebdo, coincidiendo con la celebración del juicio por el sangriento atentado yihadista que en 2015 diezmó la...
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CLEAN : France January 2015 attacks trial: Charlie Hebdo survivors take the stand
Coco, Sigolène Vincent, Laurent Léger, Gérard Gaillard...survivors of the 7 January 2015 attack on the headquarters of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo take the witness stand (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : January 2015 Paris attacks trial: survivors testify in court
Survivors of the 2015 jihadist attack on the headquarters of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo continue to testify before the special assize court in Paris. Among them, Simon Fieschi, former webmaster of the satirical weekly and...
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CLEAN : Threats against Charlie Hebdo are threats against "all" French citizens (lawyer)
Charlie Hebdo lawyer Richard Malka reacts after new threats were made against the satirical newspaper by Al Qaeda for republishing cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pakistani security forces fire tear gas during anti-Macron protest
Pakistani security forces fire tear gas at demonstrators in Islamabad as they protest against French president Emmanuel Macron after he defended France's satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, sparking an uproar in several Muslim...
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CLEAN : Protest in Pakistan's Rawalpindi over Charlie Hebdo's reprinting of Mohammed cartoons
Members of far-right Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) march in Rawalpindi during a protest against the reprinting of satirical sketches of the Prophet Mohammed by French magazine Charlie Hebdo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : SHORT PROFILE: Arne Schoenbohm, German cybersecurity chief sacked over alleged Russia ties
Short profile of Arne Schoenbohm, Germany's cybersecurity chief sacked after a TV satire show accused him of having ties to Russian intelligence services, with the country on high alert over potential sabotage activities by Moscow...
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CLEAN : French officials pay tribute to officer Ahmed Merabet 8 years after Charlie Hebdo attack
Eight years after the deadly terrorist attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, members of the French government and Paris mayor pay their respects to police officer Ahmed Merabet, killed in the line of duty on January 7, 2015...
Press Association
Cold War Steve worried by 'slippery slope' of censorship
Popular satirical artist 'Cold War Steve' has displayed a piece of work to launch the reopening of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday after lockdown. The artist - real name Christopher Spencer - created 'Benny's Babbies'...
PBS
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explores Gulliver's Travels
Scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains why Gulliver's Travels is his favorite novel. Tyson shares his joy in the sometimes otherworldly stories.
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read Dante’s “Divine Comedy”?
Journey along with the narrator of a short, animated video who explains the political connections to be found in Dante's The Divine Comedy.
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding?
Lord of the Flies, William Golding's tale of English schoolboys who have crashed and are stranded on a remote island, reflects Golding's view of just how thin the veneer of civilized behavior is. The narrator of a short video argues for...
PBS
Gulliver's Travels | The Great American Read
Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his rationale for why Gulliver's Travels was his favorite book as a child and still is as an adult. He urges viewers to vote to include Swift's satire in The Great American Read program.
PBS
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams' hysterical send-up of bureaucratic thinking, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is the focus of a Great American Read video that urges viewers to vote for one of the greatest satires since Gulliver's Travels.
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Narrators of a short video offer their rationale for why Catch 22 should be included in the Great American Read program. They touch on the key themes in Heller's satirical and sobering novel about Captain John Yossarian and the catch-22s...
PBS
Joseph Heller's Hilarious Catch-22
Comedian Seth Meyers shares his rationale for why Catch 22 should get viewers to vote for inclusion of Joseph Heller's satire in the Great American Read program.
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read “The Master and Margarita”?
The best Russian novel of the 20th century? The narrator of an interesting short video offers reasons why readers should tackle Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical comedy, The Master and Margarita.
TED-Ed
The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen
More than 15 of Jane Austen's novels have been adapted into films. While viewers enjoy the lush sets, period costumes, and the depictions of eighteenth-century British gentry, what is often lost in these adaptations is Austen's satire. A...
TED-Ed
Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Have a Hidden Message?
Like Mark Twain's introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz warns readers not to search for a hidden message or moral in his tale. Yet many, such as Henry Littlefield, have done...
Other
Libri Vox: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Swift's famous satire is available as an MP3 file from this resource. You can also download a zip file of the entire work, or look at an e-text. [00:27:15]
BBC
Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Evelyn Waugh
The BBC provides audio clips from a 1960 radio interview with Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966 CE), the novelist, travel writer and short-story writer. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.