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Baghdad, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect damage at the site where a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, 28 February 2006. ((SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images))
Farnaz Fassihi has covered the Iraq war from Bagdhad for the Wall Street Journal for the past three years and is now stationed in Beirut. She’ll offer her take on the recent outbreak of sectarian violence in Iraq and on covering the Middle East as an Iranian-American. Plus: the creators of the website » Overheard in New York have compiled some of the best of New Yorkers’ eavesdroppings in a new book and is that new ipod you just bought designed to only last two years? And a call in on Bush's popularity in India.
Back from Bahdad
Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal correspondent in Beirut
- on her recent reports from Iraq
- on her recent reports from Iraq
Be Careful What You Say
Michael Malice, co-creator of overheardinnewyork.com and co-author, Overheard in New York: Conversations from the Streets, Stores, and Subways (Roadside Amusements, 2006)
- on the things New Yorkers say, out loud
» Overheard in New York
- on the things New Yorkers say, out loud
» Overheard in New York
Worm in the Apple
Steven Levy, Newsweek senior editor and author of the forthcoming The Perfect Thing : How the iPod Is Shuffling Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (Simon and Schuster)
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Rob Enderle, president and founder of the Enderle Group, a technology consulting firm
- on ipods and obsolescence
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Rob Enderle, president and founder of the Enderle Group, a technology consulting firm
- on ipods and obsolescence
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Open Phones
Listeners of Indian heritage call in on why President Bush is so popular there
Overheard and the Big Apple
Here's a selection of e-mails from listeners during the "Overheard in New York" and the "Ipod Obsolescence" sections of today's show:
Overheard in Queens, walking down the street.
A car making a u-turn drives up on the sidewalk and a cop standing there says:
”What are you doing?” ...