Barney Frank
Barney Frank – A Life in Politics
David talks with the legendary politician about his life, his views and his new book, Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage.
For AM-1690 in Atlanta, David’s assignment is to simply interview anyone he wants about anything.
Sarah Wildman – Paper Love
Sarah Wildman – Love and the holocaust
Sarah Wildman is an author and journalist who has worked for the likes of the New York Times, Slate, and the New Yorker among many others online. Her new book, Paper Love, Searching for the girl my grandfather left behind, tells the story of how the holocaust split apart a couple and their separate journeys to the new world and to death in the holocaust.
Rick Bragg – Jerry Lee Lewis
Rick Bragg – Jerry Lee Lewis
David talks with author and literary raconteur of the South and its peoples, Rick Bragg, about his new book on Jerry Lee Lewis. The story is filled with tales of the musical legend and its infamous excesses, his friendships with the likes of Elvis Presley and his cousin, Jimmy Swaggart.
Patrick Skinner – ISIS
Patrick Skinner – Losing the War on Terror
David talks with the former CIA case officer and Soufan group terrorism analyst, Patrick Skinner, about the declining state of the battle against ISIS.
Doug Hooker – Atlanta Regional Coalition
Douglas Hooker – Atlanta Regional Commission
Doug Hooker is the Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission and tells David just what that organization is and describers it mission. Hooker describes the unique challenge of Atlanta where one metropolitan area is actually divided into 10 counties and dozens of cities.
Deborah Scroggins – Pakistan School Massacre
Deborah Scroggins – Massacre in Pakistan
Journalist and author, Deborah Scroggins, talks about the horrific massacre of schoolchildren by the Pakistani Taliban. Scroggins has written extensively about extremism and traveled extensively from Sudan to Afghanistan. She is the author of Emma’s War and Wanted Women: Faith, Lies and the War on Terror.
Daniel Gordis – Menachem Begin
Daniel Gordis – Menachem Begin
Gordis is an Israeli-based journalist and author who has written for the likes of The New York Times, The Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Azure, Commentary Magazine and Foreign Affairs. He discusses his new book, Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul.
CJ Lawrence – What if they Gunned Me Down
CJ Lawrence – “If They Gunned Me Down” – Ferguson and Black Identity
Lawrence is an attorney and activist who started a national conversation about black identity after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, By using the Twitter hashtag #iftheygunnedmedown
Charles Blow – Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Charles Blow – Fire Shut Up In My Bones
New York Times Charles Blow talks to David about his autobiography, Fire Shut Up In My Bones: A Memoir. Blow explores his struggles with racial, sexual, spiritual and intellectual identity.
Phil Hirschkorn – Guantanamo Legal Process
David is joined by former CNN colleague Phil Hirschkorn to talk about the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay and the complicated process of charging them for crimes and processing them in the legal system. In January 2002, prisoners in the “war on terror” began arriving at GTMO and about 180 of these prisoners remain there today. Many of them have never been charged with a crime despite their long imprisonment and currently there is no definitive timeframe for charging and trying these prisoners.
Original Air Date: 11-7-2014