Eason Jordan, a former CNN executive now running the Cuban Business Bureau, talks about his efforts to open up business between the U.S. and Cuba. Jordan discusses the changing Cuban-American population and their hope to see a normalization of the U.S.-Cuba economic policy. Jordan also dispels the common assumption that there is a sense of […]
David speaks with blues field recorder, George Mitchell about his experience traveling across the country, in particular the south, in search of blues artists otherwise unknown to the broader american public. George Mitchell is credited with making the first ever recordings of the Mississippi blues man R.L. Burnside. A seven CD box set of his […]
David speaks with New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman. Gettleman was formerly stationed here in Atlanta but now serves as the East Africa bureau chief for the NY Times. For the past two years, he has been reporting from Africa where he his beat includes the Sudan, the Congo, Kenya, etc. In this conversation, he […]
Acclaimed mystery writer Jeffrey Deaver talks about his work The Burning Wire and his latest project, writing the next James Bond novel. Deaver explains the function of the dark nature of his writing, talks about the emotional and personal connection that must exist to make his work effective, and discusses what it means to be […]
David speaks with former CIA case officer and analyst, John Kiriakou about his book The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror. Kiriakou worked extensively in Afghanistan and Pakistan and helped lead the capture and interrogation of Abu Zubaydah. He was also the first CIA officer to admit to the use […]
Ellen Barry, a New York Times correspondent based in Russia, discusses the sensational discovery of Russian spies living false suburban American lives. Barry explains the aims behind the suburban spies, the confusion created by the seeming lack of espionage exercised by such spies, and the high status held by Russian spies in the eyes of […]
Charles Sennott is the founder and editor of the international news service GlobalPost.com and is the former Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Boston Globe. Sennott, who has reported extensively from Iraq and Afghanistan, talks about the recent upheaval in the military and President Obama’s decision to replace General Stanley McChrystal with General David Petraeus in […]
Newsweek columnist Johnathan Alter speaks with David Lewis about his newest book The Promise: President Obama Year One. The book follows the first year of Obama’s presidency and what he did and didn’t accomplish. The book includes interviews with all the members of Obama’s administration and cabinet. Original Air Date: 06-17-2010 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/CWDL-Johnathan-Alter-Obama-Year-1-mixdown.mp3]
Following on the heals of the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta and the all-consuming controversy of Tiger Woods, David will be speaking to author Steve Eubanks about another golf scandal – this from nearly 80 years ago, also involving the best player in the game, and it occurred right here in Atlanta. The book is […]
Acclaimed and best-selling author Sue Miller talks about her latest novel, The Lake Shore Limited. Miller’s previous books include The Senator’s Wife, Lost in the Forest, The World Below, and While I Was Gone. Original Air Date: 06-11-2010 [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/CWDL-Sue-Miller-Lake-Shore-Limited.mp3]