Director Morgan Neville talks about his new documentary about Johnny Cash, “Johnny Cash’s America.” Neville’s film looks at the life of Johnny Cash through the lens of what his music, his popularity and his significance say about America.
Original Air Date: 11/13/08
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/CWDL-Morgan_Neville_Johnny_Cashs_America.mp3]Bob Baer is a CIA Middle-East veteran. His book, See No Evil, was the basis for the film, “Syriana”, where George Clooney played a CIA Middle-East veteran named… “Bob”! Baer is now a writer who also works on documentaries on such happy subjects as the origins of suicide bombers. In this interview he talks about his most recent book, The Devil We Know, about Iran.
Original Air Date: 11/10/08
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Carlin’s book was the basis for the Clint Eastwood/Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon film “Invictus”. Damon plays the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Freeman plays Nelson Mandela and Eastwood directs the film. The book deals with the new South Africa’s founding political leader, Nelson Mandela, and his singular ability to seduce, beguile, convince, and out-maneuver the political establishment of apartheid South Africa. The book tells the story of South Africa’s evolution to a democratic state – one person, one vote – through the lens of rugby and, most dramatically, the 1995 world cup match between South Africa and New Zealand when the entirety of South Africa – black and white – joined together in support not only of the South African national team but in support of South Africa’s new president, Nelson Mandela.
Original Air Date: 10/29/08
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David speaks with Silverstein about his book Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship, which details the rapacious world of Washington lobbyists and their willingness to represent anyone… for a price. Ken Silverstein is an American editor covering the Washington bureau for Harper’s Magazine. In addition to contributing to the print edition of Harper’s Magazine, Silverstein publishes a weblog entitled “Washington Babylon” on the magazine’s website.
Original Air Date: 10/21/08
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A conversations with New York Times foreign correspondent, Dexter Filkins, detailing his experiences covering 9-11 up and through Afghanistan and the Iraq war and his new book, The Forever War.
Original Air Date: 10/13/08
A talk with the highly influential British jazz bassist/arranger/bandleader/composer Dave Holland. First known for his work with Miles Davis on the albums “In A Silent Way” and “Bitches Brew”, Dave Holland has also played with everyone from Roy Orbison to Gypsy flamenco musicians and has been the leader of his own big bands, quintets, quartets, and worked the greatest names in jazz
Original Air Date: 10/8/08
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An interview with the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy who’s written a book about her faith, its evolution and the continuing search for meaning. The book is made up of her writing as well as extensive interviews with the likes of: Cokie Roberts, Andrew Sullivan, Nancy Pelosi, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen and Frank McCourt.
Original Air Date: 9/21/08
[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/CWDL-Kerry_Kennedy_Being_Catholic_Now.mp3]The remarkable story of how Roald Dahl, author of such classics as James and the Giant peach and Charlie and the Chocolate factory, was also a British spy whose target was Franklin Roosevelt and an America that was wavering on its support of Britain in World War Two.
Original Air Date: 9/16/08
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Media Reporter for the New York Times David Carr talks about The Night of the Gun, a dark investigative piece on himself. The brutally honest autobiography details Carr’s long drug use and terrible treatment of everyone around him, including his wife and children, and Carr discusses the manner in which he went about reporting on his own despicable actions.
Original Air Date: 9/15/08
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David speaks with Dame Stella Rimington about her novel Illegal Action, an epic about Russian oligarchs in London. Rimington was the first woman to lead Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI-5, and uses her experiences in MI-5 as source material for her novels.
Original Air Date: 9/7/08
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