David speaks with Willa Shalit about her efforts to promote traditional artisans and entrepreneurship in Haiti and Rwanda. Her partnership with Macy’s is called “The Heart of Haiti Collection” and makes for the perfect Christmas present.
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Willa_Shalit_Heart_of_Haiti.mp3]David speaks with Willa Shalit about her efforts to promote traditional artisans and entrepreneurship in Haiti and Rwanda. Her partnership with Macy’s is called “The Heart of Haiti Collection” and makes for the perfect Christmas present.
Original Air Date: 12-15-2010
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Willa_Shalit_Heart_of_Haiti.mp3]David speaks with intrepid journalist Paal Refsdal about his nine days spent “embedded” with the Talbian in Afghanistan. Though he would also end up spending some of the time as a hostage as well. Some of his footage has been packaged as a documentary airing on CNN titled “Taliban.”
Original Air Date: 12-14-2010
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Paal_Refsdal_Embedded_with_the_Taliban.mp3]David speaks with journalist and past editor of the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Bill Kovach about his new book BLUR: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload. This book examines the quest for truth in an era where all the gatekeepers of information are disappearing.
Original Air Date: 12-13-2010
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Bill_Kovach_BLUR.mp3]David Lewis speaks with Philip Gourevitch, a writer for the New Yorker, about his piece “We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Family” examines the effectiveness of humanitarian aid in conflict zones such as Rwanda. Gourevitch brings over twenty years of experience in conflict zones from Vietnam, Cambodia and Rwanda.
Original Air Date: 12-9-2010
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Philip_Gourevitch_Does_Aid_Help_or_Hurt.mp3]David speaks with author and celebrated man-of-letters Salman Rushdie about his latest book, Luka and the Fire of Life. With the same dazzling imagination and love of language that have made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, Luka and the Fire of Life revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic Haroun and the Sea of Stories. This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Haroun’s younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom.
Original Air Date: 12-2-2010
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/CWDL/CWDL-Salman_Rushdie_Luka_and_the_Fire_of_Life.mp3]David speaks with author Allison Hoover Bartlett about her new book: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, a look at John Gilkey, the most prolific and successful rare book thief of all time. In his career as a thief, Gilkey has lifted over $100,000 of rare books and collections. As a consequence, Gilkey has spent most of his adult life behind bars for his thieving from rare book dealers.
Original Air Date: 12-1-2010
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