David speaks with Octavia Nasr, an expert in Arab affairs and former Middle East correspondent for CNN. As an expert in social media, Nasr speaks about how the Arab world has used Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other social media outlets for gathering a following and keeping the world up to date as typical media outlets […]
David speaks with Dr. Lawrence Pintak, the Dean of Communications at Washington State University, about al-Jazeera and its role in Egypt. Before taking his role at Washington State, Pintak was a longtime reporter for CBS in the Middle East. His new book, appropriately released this week, is calledThe New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in […]
David speaks with author Alan Govenar about his new book Lightnin Hopkins: His Life and Blues. Govenar has previously written extensively about early African-American blues and R&B, but this time takes a more focused look with his biography on blues great Lightnin’ Hopkins. Original Air Date: 01-6-2011 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/CWDL-Alan_Govenar_Lightnin_Hopkins.mp3]
David speaks with Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and one-time Emory professor, about her new book 15 years in the making: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. The book chronicles the migration of African Americans from the South to new homes and opportunities across the United States. […]
David speaks with legendary unauthorized biographer Kitty Kelley. In the past, she has written about subjects as diverse as Frank Sinatra, the British Royals, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Onassis etc. But most recently, she has penned what may in fact be her most controversial work, or at least most unwelcome, a biography of Oprah Winfrey. Original […]
David speaks with Jacqueline Novogratz author of the The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in An Interconnected World. Novogratz, a former wallstreet banker, is the founder of the Acumen Fund which tries to find an intermediate way between philanthropy and the market system. Original Air Date: 12-20-2010 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Jacqueline_Novogratz_The_Blue_Sweater.mp3]
David speaks with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon about his new books and his ideas on the future of space travel. He has two new books out including an illustrated kids book as well as a memoir, Magnificent Desolation. [audio:https://davidlewistv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL_-_Buzz_Aldrin_-_Magnificent_Desolationl.mp3]
David speaks today with Cornel West the inimitable scion of popular culture and authoritative commentator on the African American experience. Now a professor at Princeton, West’s is best known in academia for Race Matters and Democracy Matters. But his work extends well beyond the Ivy walls and includes hip hop collaborations, film roles, and a […]
A new documentary film premiered this past week called The Tillman Story about the death and military cover-up of Pat Tillman who left a successful career as an NFL star to volunteer for the army after 9-11. For today’s Conversations with David Lewis, David speaks with Mary Tillman, Pat Tillman’s mother, and one of the […]
David speaks with Arianna Huffington, the founder and editor of the hugely influential blog and news aggregator The Huffington Post. She has just published a new book, Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class And Betraying the American Dream. [audio:https://davidlewistv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Arianna_Huffington_Third_World_America.mp3]