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Complexity and Controversy

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Many candidates believe your choices in the grocery store provide valuable clues to your politics. In the first part of today’s Underreported, we ask how candidates use consumer histories to target voters. Then, we find out why the leader of a Nomadic group in Colombia recently committed suicide. And Richard Ford tells us about the follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning novel Independence Day. Also, Cynthia Nixon talks about her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Plus, a conversation about the complexities of cross-cultural adoptions.


Underreported: Campaigns and Consumers

For most of us, there's nothing political about buying toothpaste. But many candidates believe your choices in the grocery store provide valuable clues to the decisions you’ll make in the voting booth. Todd Wasserman, News Editor for Brandweek Magazine, explains how political campaigns use consumer histories to target voters.

Todd Wasserman and Wendy Melillo's "Why the Candidates Watch What You Buy" is the cover story of this week's Adweek


Underreported: A Suicide in the Amazon

Mao-be, a leader of the nomadic Nukak tribe in Colombia recently committed suicide by drinking a poison traditionally used to kill fish. The Nukak were forced to flee their homes after becoming caught up in Colombia's drug wars. And since the tribe’s first contact with outside society in 1988, over half have died. Survival campaigner David Hill recently returned from visiting the Nukak.


The Lay of the Land

Richard Ford tells us about the return of Frank Bascombe--the realtor at the center of his Pulitzer-winning novel Independence Day.

The Lay of the Land is available for purchase at amazon.com

Richard Ford
Events: Richard Ford will be reading with Sam Shepard
Thursday, November 2 at 8 pm
The 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
For tickets, visit the 92nd Street Y website or call 212-415-5500.

Richard Ford will be reading and signing books
Monday, November 20 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble

Find out what books and films move Richard Ford


Cynthia Nixon at Her Prime

Cynthia Nixon tells us about her starring role as a notoriously outspoken teacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.


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Cross-Cultural Adoption

Sisters-in law Martha Henry from the Center for Adoption Research and Anna Henry, the Vice President of Boston Korean Adoptees, Inc., explore the ethical issues surrounding transracial and cross-cultural adoptions. They tell us about how complicated it can be to determine a child's best interests. And we ask you—especially if you're an adoptee—to call in with your thoughts: 212-433-9692.



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