David speaks with improv comic and professional performance artist/prankster, Charlie Todd. Charlie founded the organization Improv Everywhere in New York in 2001. Since then, him and his band of volunteer agents have executed dozens of elaborate and theatrical missions including the annual no-pants subway ride and, most famously, Frozen Grand Central which has been viewed more than 17 million times on youtube. Charlie Todd has a new book out titled Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places.

Original Air Date: 04-1-2010

David speaks with Saad Mohseni, arguably Afghanistan’s most successful media entrepreneur. Mohseni moved back to his native Afghanistan from Australia in 2002 to establish the Moby Group, Afghanistan’s largest media company with interests in television, radio, print, production, online news services, directories, IT&T, and retail. Perhaps most famously, Mohseni’s television network is responsible for “Afghanistan Idol,” the Afghanistani version of the hugely successful reality television series. A documentary following the 3rd season of “Afghanistan Idol” is playing on HBO with the title Afghan Star.

Original Air Date: 03-30-2010

David talks to Matt Beynon-Rees, based in Jerusalem about the current situation between Israel and the United States. Beynon-Rees is a reporter for the Global Post and a former bureau-chief for Time Magazine.

Original Air Date: 03-23-2010

David Lewis talks to scholar, historian, author and now Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren. This interview actually comes from a while ago when Oren was still just a public intellectual and was out publicizing his book Power, Faith, and Fantasy: The United States in the Middle East.

Original Air Date: 03-18-2010

Part 1: [audio:http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CWDL-Michael-Oren-Israeli-Ambassador-to-the-US-Part-1-WS.mp3]

Part 2: [http://1690wmlb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CWDL-Michael-Oren-Israeli-Ambassador-to-the-US-Part-2-WS.mp3]

Eric Haney is a founding member of the elite military unit, Delta Force, and later the author of the book Inside Delta Force which was a memoir of his experiences. The book would also become the basis of the CBS drama The Unit for which Haney was both a writer and executive producer. Most recently, Haney has moved into fiction with his newest book, No Mans’ Land, which is the first in what will become a series.

Original Air Date: 02-28-2010