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(Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA))
Plum Island lies two miles off of Long Island and 85 miles from New York City, and it houses a U.S. government biological research center where scientists study exotic diseases and viruses. New York lawyer Michael C. Carroll is on the Leonard Lopate Show today to share his concerns that the research facility is dangerously insecure. He thinks that there might even be a link between Plum Island research and outbreaks of Lyme disease and the West Nile virus. Next is a discussion with The Atlantic Monthly's James Fallows on why post-war planning in Iraq isn’t going very smoothly. Then Jay Griffiths tells why there’s more to time than clocks. And prolific writer Jim Shepard shares his new novel and his new short story collection.
Michael C. Carroll
Michael C. Carroll is the author of Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory. It's based on his research of declassified government files and interviews with Plum Island scientists and employees.
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James Fallows
James Fallows is The Atlantic Monthly's National Correspondent, and his article about the consequences of victory in Iraq, "The Fifty First State," won the 2003 National Magazine Award.
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Music: Bang on a Can All-Stars “Escalator” and “Betty’s Lament”
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Music: Bang on a Can All-Stars “Escalator” and “Betty’s Lament”
Jay Griffiths
Jay Griffiths' new book is A Sideways Look at Time. Griffiths is a British writer whose work has been published in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, The Observer, Ecologist magazine, and Resurgence magazine, of which she is an associate editor.
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Music: The Secret Agent Soundtrack composer ...
Jim Shepard
Jim Shepard, author of five previous novels, has two new books out concurrently. They are Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories and Project X.
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Music: Benny and Joon Soundtrack composer Rachel Portman
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Music: Benny and Joon Soundtrack composer Rachel Portman
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