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The ruins of Banda Aceh after the tsunami (USAID)
Guest host Jeffrey Toobin fills in for Leonard today. It’s been six months since the tsunami killed thousands in Southeast Asia. In our weekly Underreported feature, we’ll find out how different communities are dealing with the aftermath. Next, Harper’s contributor Ken Silverstein discusses pork barrel spending in an article for the July issue of the magazine. And New Yorker staff writer George Packer looks at the consequences of one individual soldier’s death in Iraq.
Tsunami Update
It’s been six months since the tsunami devastated areas around the Indian Ocean. In our weekly Underreported feature, we look into some of the efforts being made to revive communities in the hardest hit areas, and find out why some indigenous tribes still remain in grave danger. We'll be speaking ...
The Great American Pork Barrel
Harper’s contributor Ken Silverstein examines pork barrel spending and the corruption of the congressional appropriations process in last November’s Foreign Operations bill. His article, "The Great American Pork Barrel," appears in the July issue of Harper’s.
Music: “Betty’s Lament/Isan” and “Fallout/Euphone”
Music: “Betty’s Lament/Isan” and “Fallout/Euphone”
A Soldier's Father
In the current issue of The New Yorker, George Packer writes about the death of one 22-year-old soldier, Kurt Frosheiser, in Iraq in 2003. He tells us about how Kurt’s death affected his father and his fellow soldiers, and what it says about death during war.
Music: “Hours” ...
Music: “Hours” ...
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