For AM-1690 in Atlanta, David’s assignment is to simply interview anyone he wants about anything.

Lorraine Gordon – The Village Vanguard

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Lorraine Gordon is the owner of the greatest jazz club in the world, The Village Vanguard. A fierce 80-something, Gordon has been involved with jazz since the age of bebop and is credited with getting Thelonious Monk some of his first gigs. Her first marriage was to the founder of Blue Note Records, Alfred Lion, the second to Max Gordon, owner of the Vanguard. The Vanguard opened in 1935 and is the most famous and important institution in jazz. It’s where many of jazz’s most important live recordings have been made.

Original Air Date: 2/1/07

Roz Chast

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Legendary New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast talks about where her unique perspective comes from, what she finds funny about her family’s anxieties, and how she broke into the cartoon industry.

Original Air Date: 1/30/07

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Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CWDL-Roz_Chast_Part_2.mp3]
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Lawrence Wright – The Looming Tower

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The New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright talks about his book The Looming Tower: Al Queda and the Road to 9/11, and the research journey along a five-year project that began the morning of the attacks.

Original Air Date: 1/18/2007

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Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_2.mp3]

Part 3[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_3.mp3]

Part 4[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/CWDL-Lawrence_Wright_The_Looming_Tower_Part_4.mp3]

William Oldham — The Brotherhoods

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William Oldham, author and 22-year NYPD veteran talks about his book The Brotherhoods. Oldham talks about the subject of his book, the infamous “Mafia cops” detectives Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, who stole, passed information and even killed for the mob.

Original Air Date: 1/15/07

Part 1
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Part 2
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Jake Adelstein – Tokyo Vice

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David Lewis speaks with journalist-turned-author Jake Adelstein about his new book Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan covering his time working as a reporter in Japan’s seedy underbelly.

Original Air Date: 03-15-2011

Part 1[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Jake-Adelstein-Part-1-WS.mp3]

Part 2[audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Jake-Adelstein-Part-2-WS.mp3]

Dahlia Lithwick – Westboro Baptist Church

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David speaks with Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate.com, about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the First Amendment Rights for Members of the Westboro Baptist church to protest at military funerals – often with hateful and inflammatory messages against homosexuality.

Original Air Date: 03-8-2011

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Izzeldin Abuelaish – I Shall Not Hate

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David speaks with Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish about his new book I Shall Not Hate. Dr. Abuelaish is a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who was able to cross borders into Israeli hospitals with a basic and pure vision of peace. When the conflict between Israel and Hamas happened, an Israeli artillery shell hit his house killing his three daughters and his niece.

Original Air Date: 03-3-2011

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Frank Meeink – Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead

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David speaks with Frank Meeink who has just written a new autobiography called Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead. This striking memoir recounts the life of a reformed skinhead. Born to an abusive, junky father and a neglectful mother, Meeinks seeds of hate grew quickly and by 17 he was involved in Philadelphia’s neo-Nazi movement.

Original Air Date: 03-2-2011

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Deborah Amos – Eclipse of the Sunnis

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David speaks with Deborah Amos, who has been reporting on the Middle East with NPR for the past 30 years, about her latest book Eclipse of the Sunnis. This book examines the complex relationship between Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. Although the Sunnis still dominate worldwide as the largest denomination of Islam, Shia holds a stronghold in high-conflict countries like Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Lebanon.

Original Air Date: 02-28-2011

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Howard Hart – Egypt’s Revolution

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David speaks with former CIA case officer Howard about the recent events in Egypt and the revolutionary upheaval spreading across the region. Hart was himself stationed in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and was of the senior military coordinators for the failed rescue mission of the occupied American Embassy.

Original Air Date: 02-22-2011

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