The Leonard Lopate Show
Shopaholics Anonymous
Monday, December 16, 2002
Journalist Christina Lamb was named foreign correspondent of the year by the British Press Awards and Foreign Correspondents Association for her work in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She shares her experiences before Soviet withdrawal and after the fall of the Taliban. Plus, Thomas Hine examines our impulse to shop, I Want That!. Paul Fussell explores the personal and cultural meanings of wearing of uniforms, from Italian troops in WWII to chefs and nuns, Uniforms. And Sterling Watson shares his southern Gothic coming-of-age novel, Sweet Dream Baby.
Christina Lamb
Journalist Christina Lamb was named foreign correspondent of the year by the British Press Awards and Foreign Correspondents Association for her work in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She shares her experiences before Soviet withdrawal and after the fall of the Taliban, The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan.
Music:Meet Joe Black soundtrack composer Thomas Newman tracks 13, 14
Thomas Hine
Thomas Hine examines our impulse to shop, I Want That!: How We All Become Shoppers. A Cultural History. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
Music: Hanging Up Soundtrack composer David Hirschfeder
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" performed by Judy Garland
Paul Fussell
Paul Fussell explores the personal and cultural meanings of wearing of uniforms, from Italian troops in WWII to chefs and nuns, Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear. Read an excerpt in the Reading Room.
Music: Raymond Scott The Chesterfield Arrangements tracks 9, 16
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