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"A Dawn Like Thunder"; "Snark"
Aired:
09/22/2009
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In this episode:

The story of Torpedo Squadreon 8; Also New Yorker film critic David Denby dislikes "snarking"

 

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53:35 minutes (25.72 MB)
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The gripping story of Torpedo Squadron 8, who helped change the course of  WWII in the Pacific, from the author of their story “A Dawn Like Thunder”. Also, New Yorker film critic David Denby, author of “Snark”, is fed up with the cheap shots and biting, clever put downs that is “spreading like pinkeye through the media”.