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Dominic MacSorley, an aid worker with Concern Worldwide, speaks with us live from Darfur on the humanitarian crisis in western Sudan. And Eric Reeves, a scholar of Sudan, gives additional context on the history of the conflict in Sudan, and what can be done to help curb the crisis. Robert Fuller believes that societal power dynamics result in "rankism," a form of discrimination based on status. His book, Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, takes a look at a type of discrimination he thinks is as detrimental as racism, sexism, and other forms of prejudice. Then listeners weigh in on the subject of "rankism." Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler found the inspiration for his new collection of stories, Had a Good Time on the backs of American postcards from the early 20th Century.