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Nile River (NASA)
Robert O'Harrow Jr. investigates the growing technology behind surveillance and data collection in No Place to Hide. Then, geophysicist and adventurer Pasquale Scaturro became the first explorer in history to run the length of the Nile—a 3,250-mile journey from Ethiopia to Alexandria—in April of 2004. He joins us with an account of the dangerous, 114-day long journey. Jennifer Haigh’s debut novel, Mrs. Kimble, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. She tells us about her second novel, Baker Towers—a story set in a post-WWII Pennsylvania mining town. And producer Martin Smith previews Frontline’s in-depth, two-hour history of the complicated alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The new documentary, "House of Saud," looks at rare archival footage, new interviews, and previously untold stories to help unravel the troubled Saudi-US relations of the past 60 years.
Somebody's Watching
Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow Jr. looks at the future of privacy in the face of data collection technology: No Place to Hide.
Music: Soundtrack to Heat: "Force Marker" / "Always Forever Now"
Music: Soundtrack to Heat: "Force Marker" / "Always Forever Now"
The Mighty Nile
Adventurer Pasquale Scaturro recounts his 3,250-mile journey down the Nile--from Ethiopia to Alexandria--in April of 2004: Mystery of the Nile.
» Read an excerpt of Mystery of the Nile in the Reading Room
Events:
Pasquale Scauturro will be speaking and signing books ...
» Read an excerpt of Mystery of the Nile in the Reading Room
Events:
Pasquale Scauturro will be speaking and signing books ...
Down in the Mines
Jennifer Haigh discusses her second novel, Baker Towers, set in a post-WWII Pennsylvania mining town.
Music: Soundtrack to October Sky, music by Mark Isham: "It's a Thing of Glory"
Music: Soundtrack to October Sky, music by Mark Isham: "It's a Thing of Glory"
House of Saud
Producer Martin Smith traces 60 years of US-Saudi relations in a new, two-hour documentary for Frontline: "House of Saud."
» More on "House of Saud".
Music: "Pole Tricks," by Japancakes
» More on "House of Saud".
Music: "Pole Tricks," by Japancakes
Classic Interviews
Each Friday in February, The Leonard Lopate Show airs a classic interview from the past. Listen to the archived interviews.
About The Leonard Lopate Show
Host Leonard Lopate lets you in on the best conversations with writers, actors, ex-presidents, dancers, scientists, comedians, historians, grammarians, curators, filmmakers, and do-it-yourself experts.
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