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Debating the Future of the NEA

House speaker Newt Gingrich has called for abolishing the National Endowment for the Arts. We discuss the pros and cons of federal funding of the arts with two guests. Art critic Hilton Kramer is the founder of the Arts Magazine, "The New Criterion," and is former chief art critic for The New York Times. He's against federal funding for the arts. John Brademas is Chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and former Democratic Congressman from Indiana. He also helped write the legislation that created the NEA.

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Other segments from the episode on January 18, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 18, 1995: Interview with Hilton Kramer and John Brademas; Interview with Lynn Munson and Paul Goldberger.

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