Iglesias was the US Attorney at the heart of the infamous effort by the George W Bush White House and then-Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, to remove US Attorneys suspected of not being sufficiently partisan. He’s written a book about his fascinating personal story which includes being the basis for the Tom Cruise character in “A […]
David speaks with Steve Coll about his latest book, The Bin Ladens. Coll is President of New America Foundation, and a contributor at The New Yorker magazine. Previously he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post. This book is an exhaustive study of the sprawling Bin Laden family […]
Long-time intelligence reporter for The New York Times Tim Weiner talks about his book Legacy of Ashes. In his massive book Weiner digs up some of the most outrageous and appalling things the CIA has ever done. Original Air Date: 6/4/08 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/CWDL-Tim_Weiner_Legacy_of_Ashes_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/CWDL-Tim_Weiner_Legacy_of_Ashes_Part_2.mp3] Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/CWDL-Tim_Weiner_Legacy_of_Ashes_Part_3.mp3]
David speaks with investigative reporter Aram Roston about his book The Man Who Pushed America to War, a devastating biography about the enigmatic Iraqi Ahmad Chalabi. Chalabi was paid millions by America for much of the wrong intelligence that led the US into the Iraq war. Original Air Date: 5/28/08 Part 1 Part 2
Novelist Carl Hiassen talks about The Downhill Lie, a work about fatherhood, middle age, quixotic quests, and golf, with fictional and autobiographical elements. Hiassen discusses public humiliation, mysterious vitamin supplements, and karma-enhancing jewelry, all in the name of improving his golf game. Original Air Date: 5/13/08
Dave Hall and Tym Burkey, authors of Into the Devil’s Den, discuss their FBI infiltration of the Aryan Nations, one of America’s most dangerous racist groups. Hall and Burkey explain the beliefs and practices of the Aryan Nations and their religion, as well as relay the experiences of an undercover agent in the middle of […]
David speaks with Author/Photojournalist Michael Kodas about his non-fiction work “High Crimes.” It is a riveting tale of the deceit, larceny, and sheer criminality surrounding the huge business of climbing Mount Everest. Original Air Date: 4/21/08 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/CWDL-Michael_Kodas_High_Crimes_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/CWDL-Michael_Kodas_High_Crimes_Part_2.mp3]
New York columnist Jimmy Breslin talks about The Good Rat, his book on one of the most unique mobsters of all time, Burton Kaplan. Breslin describes the surprising demeanor of Kaplan, and his uncanny resemblance to another legendary criminal: Raskolnikov. Original Air Date: 4/8/08 Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/CWDL-Jimmy_Breslin_The_Good_Rat_Part_1.mp3] Part 2[http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/CWDL-Jimmy_Breslin_The_Good_Rat_Part_2.mp3]
An interview with legendary journalist, Anthony Lewis. Lewis has been a champion of the First Amendment and has written about it many times, both in books as well as his New York Times column, Abroad at Home. Lewis — a two-time Pulitzer winner — and the first American reporter to seriously cover apartheid and the […]
David speaks with Geraldine Brooks about her work, The People of the Book. In this work Brooks, a former New York Times columnist, creates a fictional narrative around the true life drama of a mysterious missing Hebrew Haggadah pilfered from Sarajevo. The Haggadah is the prayer book used by Jews on Passover to tell the […]