Writers Voice talks with Sasha Polakow-Suransky about his book, THE UNSPOKEN ALLIANCE. And, in an excerpt from our 2009 interview, Israeli journalist Amira Hass talks about her Holocaust survivor parents’ involvement in the Israeli peace movement.
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War & Women in Afghanistan
June 29th, 2010
With the firing this week of Stanley McChrystal as commander of the US-led forces in Iraq, it’s a good time to be reminded of the impact of the war on the civilian population — and especially on Afghani women.
In this archived show from March, 2010, journalist Ann Jones talks about women, the war in Afghanistan, and whether life is any better for its people since the US invaded their country.
David Shenk on Genius & Genetics and David Chura on Kids in Lockup
June 23rd, 2010
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist David Shenk about THE GENIUS IN ALL OF US: Why Everything We’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Are Wrong. It’s about what the science of epigenetics is telling us us about the potential for human achievement. And David Chura talks about his memoir of teaching incarcerated adolescents, I DON’T WISH NOBODY TO HAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup. He says the War on Crime is a war on kids.
Tales of Secrecy & Obsession
June 9th, 2010
We spend the hour with journalist David Grann, talking about his latest book THE DEVIL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession and his first book, THE LOST CITY OF Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.
Is Life Any Better for Women in Afghanistan?
March 23rd, 2010
Journalist Ann Jones talks about Afghani women, the war in Afghanistan, and whether life is any better for its people since the US invaded their country.
Wars of Islamic Succession and Partners in Health in Haiti
January 25th, 2010
Journalist Laurie Hazleton talks about AFTER THE PROPHET. It’s about the wars of succession after Mohammed’s death that led to the split between Shia and Sunni. And author Tracy Kidder talks about Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, and the organization Farmer founded Partners in Health. Kidder’s book is MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, published in 2003.
Diaries of Disaster
November 11th, 2009
Francine Prose talks about her terrific new book, ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE. It shines a writer’s lens on Frank’s diary and on its postwar reception in the U.S. and elsewhere. And Israeli journalist Amira Hass tells us about her mother’s DIARY OF BERGEN BELSEN, a searing account of moral courage in the face of unrelenting brutality.
Dying for the Story and Living Better on Less
October 20th, 2009
Investigative journalist Terry Gould talks about his book, MARKED FOR DEATH: Dying for the Story in the World’s Most Dangerous Places. It explores the stories of seven journalists who exposed the truth — even though they knew they’d be killed for their work. And Wanda Urbanska of the TV show Simple Living tells us the [...]
Empires of Illusion, Empires of Torture
October 6th, 2009
Journalist Chris Hedges talks about EMPIRE OF ILLUSION: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He says Americans are in thrall to a culture of narcissism, revenge, and fake “happiness” that is destroying our democracy — and our power to connect genuinely with others. And former Army intelligence officer and constitutional scholar Chris Pyle says the Bush Administration is GETTING AWAY WITH TORTURE. He tells us about secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law.
Looking at New York City, Before and After 9/11
September 7th, 2009
We talk with architectural historian Max Page about THE CITY’S END: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York’s Destruction. And Patrick Radden Keefe tells us the story of China’s outmigration to New York in the 1980′s and the “snakeheads” who facilitated and exploited it. His book is SNAKEHEAD: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream.
Food Security and Insecurity
August 6th, 2009
We talk with journalist Sasha Abramsky about his new book BREADLINE USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It. And sustainability expert Robin Wheeler talks about her book, FOOD SECURITY FOR THE FAINT AT HEART.
Ron Suskind, THE WAY OF THE WORLD and ELIZABETH WINTHROP, COUNTING ON GRACE
October 4th, 2008
Francesca talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind about . Also, Elizabeth Winthrop on , the story of an 11-year old girl working in the textile mills of Vermont at the turn of the twentieth century.
David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
September 26th, 2008
Francesca interviews reporter David Cay Johnston about his investigation into how government policy is rigged to enrich the super wealthy. And Francine Prose talks about GOLDENGROVE, her new coming-of-age novel.
T.J. English, HAVANA NOCTURNE and Marisa Silver, GOD OF WAR
September 23rd, 2008
Francesca talks with journalist T. J. English about the Mafia’s Cuba experiment, the parallels between the Mob and legal capitalism, and the role Mob activities played in spurring the Cuban Revolution into being. His bestselling book is HAVANA NOCTURNE: How the Mob owned Cuba…and Then Lost It to the Revolution. Also, Marisa Silver tells us [...]
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