Al Gore tells Night Waves an Inconvenient Truth, a black psychologist finds compaasion for the leader of the Apartheid era death squads and Jonathan Glancey reports on the architecture section of the Venice Biennale - lots of penguins, but no buildings...
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An Inconvenient Truth
Former US vice president Al Gore went back on the road after his electoral defeat with a lecture tour about the perils of global warming. This "travelling global warming show", An Inconvenient Truth, is now the subject of a film.
Al Gore talks to Isabel Hilton about his life in politics and the politician's role in protecting the environment.
An Inconvenient Truth is released nationwide on September 15.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a South African clinical psychologist who lectures widely on issues of vengeance and forgiveness.
In her book "A Human Being Died that Night" she recounts an ongoing dialogue she had with the commanding officer of state death squads under apartheid.
She describes this chilling account on tonight's Night Waves.
'A Human Being Died that Night: Confronting Apartheid's Chief Killer' is published by Portobello books.
Venice Architecture Biennale
Night Waves reports from this year's Venice Biennale of Architecture.
Isabel Hilton hears how the theme, which examines the interaction of architecture and social dynamics in the city, is going down around town.
This year's Venice Biennale of Architecture runs from 10 September to 19 November.
Ways of Seeing
In a new Night Waves series "Ways of Seeing", Art Historians pay homage to the critics who shaped the way they look at art.
Tonight Nehru Ratnam talks about how the American counter cultural critic Dave Hickey has influenced his work.
