The Leonard Lopate Show: Inside Stories

The Leonard Lopate Show

Inside Stories

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Notorious B.I.G.

Janis Karpinski is the highest ranking officer to have been punished for the prisoner abuses that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison. She tells us her side of the story on today’s show. And, Voletta Wallace looks back at the life and music of her murdered son, the hip-hop legend Notorious B.I.G.

One Woman’s Army

Janis Karpinski was the first and only female General Officer commanding troops in a combat zone in Iraq. She also ran Abu Ghraib. In One Woman's Army, she tells her side of the story, and argues that she was turned into a scapegoat for the prison abuses that occurred there. ...

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Biggie

Voletta Wallace celebrates the music of her legendary son, the late hip-hop star Notorious B.I.G., in a new memoir: Biggie. As she works to keep the investigation into his death open, Ms. Wallace looks back on the night her son was killed, and tells us what she believes was behind ...

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