Act of Creation - Setting the Scene

This is the first part of our three part podcast series about the
founding of the United Nations, featuring Stephen Schlesinger,
author of the book "Act of Creation." The series was created by Dan
Becker, a composer, educator and board member of UNA-USA in San
Francisco. It is focused through the prism of the San Francisco
Conference, where for two months beginning on April 25, 1945, the
UN Charter was hammered out and signed on June 26 1945. It's
important to emphasize that this historical story is not only
fascinating in its own right, but it's especially relevant to
events occurring right now. There are big lessons to learn here,
lessons about leadership, about isolationism, and about the power
of an educated general public.