Coming up on Weekday, May 21 at 9:00 a.m.
Comic Actress Kate Hess Parodies Masterpiece Theater
Everyone loves Downton Abbey these days and Hollywood is paying attention by hiring British actors for American roles. Is the favor being returned in Great Britain? Not really. Writer and actress Kate Hess reflects on the British invasion in her costume drama parody “Murder Abbey.”
Author Nathaniel Philbrick On "Bunker Hill"
Nathaniel Philbrick’s award-winning books reveal forgotten moments and characters in American history. His latest effort “Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution” looks at the tension-filled city of Boston in the months leading up to the American Revolution. Philbrick’s portrait of the city reveals deep divisions over the issue of independence from Britain. And he recounts the little-known story of Dr. Joseph Warren, a young physician whose passion for independence fueled the Patriot cause and led to Warren’s much-lamented death in the Battle of Bunker Hill. KUOW’s Dave Beck speaks with Nathaniel Philbrick.