From her San Francisco office, American journalist and author JEANNE CARSTENSEN discusses her new non-fiction book A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, that portrays, through firsthand accounts, the largest single-day loss of life during the modern European refugee crisis on October 28, 2015. Jeanne shares thoughts on the timelessness of this very human story, and comments on historical patterns of migration as a global survivor's game.----------For today's episode, Jeanne Carstensen chose Ruth Asawa's installation of 15 Untitled, from 1955–1969, from the collection of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.https://www.famsf.org/learn-engage/read-watch-listen/sharing-ruth-asawa-art ----------Photographer: Marissa Leshnov----------This conversation with Finn-Olaf Jones occurred on August 10, 2026.----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/ email: [email protected]

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