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Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast shares some of his most well-known reports, everything from the controversial 2000 presidential election to the government’s dealings during Waco. Then, the reign of the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot ranks as one of the most devastating cases of genocide in modern history, responsible for the murder of approximately 2 million people. Francois Bizot, the only westerner to escape a Khmer Rouge prison, recounts his experiences in Cambodia in his book The Gate. Geologist Simon Winchester explains the physical, environmental and historical ramifications of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. And playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis joins actor David Zayas to discuss their production of Our Lady of 121st Street.