"What's Left?" Created by Alan Snitow and Claire Schoen

What does it mean for the Left in the West now that upheavals in the former Soviet Union have unraveled the Bolshevik Revolution? Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with democratic activists in what is now the Confederation of Independent States, What's Left? is a docu-satire about the identity crisis facing progressives after the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War. It follows a North American television reporter—once a radical activist—on his travels through the Soviet Union as he tries to make sense of it all.

In its ten years as a weekly national series, 1987-1998, New American Radio (NAR) commissioned and distributed over 300 original works: conceptual new drama, associational documentary, language explorations, sonic meditations, environmental compositions, musical explorations and works that pioneer new dimensions in acoustic space. Wave Farm is thrilled to be partnering with New American Radio to ensure these works remain available to listeners today and into the future.

New American Radio was organized by Helen Thorington, Executive Producer and Regine Beyer, Associate Producer. A special thanks to both Helen Thorington and Jo-Anne Green for their generous support and collaboration of this partnership, and their contribution to the field at large!

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