Charles Sennott was a longtime foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe. Now, in the age of collapsing economic models for journalism and rapidly diminishing coverage of international affairs, he has co-founded the website Globalpost.com, a new media startup which aims to find new ways to cover the world. Original Air Date: 4/20/09 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/CWDL-Charles_Sennott_GlobalPost_Part_1.mp3] Part […]
Author and former Newsweek correspondent Matt Beynon Rees talks about his newest book, The Samaritans’s Secret, the third book in his series of detective stories set in the West Bank and Gaza. The travails of his character, aging teacher Omar Yussef, create a deeply revealing window into the nature of contemporary Palestinian society — the […]
Calvin Johnson Jr. spent 16 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit. Johnson’s conviction was eventually overturned as a result of the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project that used advances in science and DNA evidence to exonerate him. Original Air Date: 4/6/09 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Calvin_John_The_Georgia_Innocence-Project.mp3]
Walter Mosley is the best-selling crime novelist perhaps best known for his noir detective stories featuring the black private detective, Easy Rawlins. One book in this series, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington. Mosley’s newest book, while still a detective story, is the beginning of a new series […]
Laura Lippman is the hugely successful mystery writer who has just published her 14th book, Life Sentences. She discusses why mystery and genre writing isn’t as well regarded or critically accepted as literary fiction. Original Air Date: 3/24/09 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/CWDL-Laura_Lippman_Life_Sentences.mp3]
An interview with the American scholar based in Beirut, Nicholas Noe, author of Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah. He is also co-founder of the translation service for middle-eastern media outlets mideastwire.com. Noe talks about Lebanon and the prospect of America finding a way to broker a peace there. Noe argues that […]
Maira Kalman is the enigmatic artist, designer, illustrator, cartoonist and author. She’s perhaps best known for her post 9-11 New Yorker cover, “New Yorkistan”, but has also rewritten The Elements of Style in her own unique fashion. Original AIr Date: 3/23/09 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Maria_Kalman_New_Yorkistan.mp3]
Legendary guitarist Bill Frisell is a musician who defies labels and genres. Frisell discusses the way in which his playing is a synthesis of all the music of his life, the beauty of open-ended performances, and the constant evolution of his music. Original Air Date: 3/17/09
Prolific comic writer Patricia Marx reads from her New Yorker article “Memo From the CEO.” The article appeared in the March 2009 issue of the New Yorker in the Shouts & Murmurs section. Her television credits include “Saturday Night Live” and “Rugrats.” She also teaches sketch comedy at New York University. Original Air Date: 3/16/09 […]
Martin Indyk, long-time U.S. diplomat to the Middle East, discusses how he became involved in peacemaking diplomacy, his role in making U.S.-Middle East relations a top priority the Clinton White House, and the struggles faced when peacemaking efforts do not go as planned. Original Air Date: 2/24/09 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Martin_Indyk_Middle_East_Diplomacy_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Martin_Indyk_Middle_East_Diplomacy_Part_2.mp3]