Is War Ever Worth It?
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
For all the commentary, the sorrow and rage, all the second-guessing about everything that followed, it’s still hard to fathom what happened on 9/11. Photographer James Nachtwey was in New York that day, and he took some of the iconic photos of the Twin Towers as they crumbled. "I’ve actually never gotten over it," he says. On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, and we consider the deep history of war itself. We also examine a very difficult question: Is war ever worth it?
Original Air Date: September 11, 2021
Guests:
James Nachtwey — David Shields — Leymah Gbowee — Margaret MacMillan
Interviews In This Hour:
Remembering 9/11 Through The Lens Of A Photojournalist — War is Beautiful? — Humans Have Gotten Nicer and Better at Making War — Is War Inevitable?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | American 11 climbing table 3.50. |
| 0:11.8 | It was an ordinary Tuesday morning. |
| 0:14.6 | Kids were starting the school day, adults on the way to work. |
| 0:18.5 | American 11, Boston. |
| 0:20.5 | And then the world changed. |
| 0:23.5 | This is Boston. I turned American 20 left and I was in a claim. |
| 0:28.0 | He will not respond to me now. |
| 0:31.0 | 20 years later, for all the sorrow and rage, all the commentary and second-guessing about |
| 0:37.2 | everything that followed, |
| 0:38.9 | 9-11 is still hard to fathom. |
| 0:42.5 | I'm Anne Strange Champs, and in today's episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge, |
| 0:46.4 | we'll remember the day and the decisions that float from it. |
| 0:50.8 | Okay, we just lost our time. |
| 0:52.6 | We started, connection. |
| 0:54.6 | Lost that connection. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.0 | And we'll tackle a tough question. |
| 0:59.6 | Is war ever worth it? |
| 1:06.0 | Wisconsin Public Radio. |
| 1:14.4 | Hey. Wisconsin Public Radio. It's to the best of our knowledge. |
| 1:16.8 | I'm Anne Strange Champs. |
| 1:17.9 | I'm Anne Strange Champs. This terminal touch. |
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