The Leonard Lopate Show
Tales of Persecution
Thursday, August 02, 2007
First, on this week's Underreported, we'll look at El Salvador's plans for the privatization of their water resources, then we'll investigate the case of the "Suchitoto 13." Next, a pediatrician and noted author discusses the advice she gave her son when he decided to apply to medical school. Also, an Iranian author talks about her literary debut, and Ralph Baruch explains how he rose from being a factory worker to the first CEO of Viacom.
Underreported: El Salvador’s Water Issues
Across Latin America, governments have been privatizing water resources, usually amid protests and always with mixed results. The argument for it is that private companies will invest in much-needed infrastructure, but the result is often even lower quality water, no major infrastructure improvements, and prices that hurt the poorest citizens. On the first part of this week’s Underreported, Maj Fiil, Director of The Water for All Project at Food & Water Watch, joins us to discuss El Salvador’s plans for the privatization of their water resources.
Underreported: El Salvador and the “Suchitoto 13”
On the second part of Underreported, Mike Ring, Former National Director of US-El Salvador Sister Cities, joins Maj Fiil to talk about the case of the “Suchitoto 13.” These 13 anti-privatization protesters, including one journalist, were arrested on July 2 during a nonviolent protest in Suchitoto. They were subsequently detained under a new anti-terrorism statute, and it remains to be seen if the charges will stick or if the government will see the folly of its response.
Advice to Young Doctors
Pediatrician and noted author Dr. Perri Klass wrote a series of letters to her son when he decided to follow in her footsteps and apply to medical school. Her advice is relevant not just to her son, but to every young doctor about to enter the field of medicine. In Treatment Kind and Fair, Klass takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the intensity and challenges of being a doctor.
Treatment Kind and Fair is available for purchase at amazon.com
The Iranian Revolution Aftermath
In 1982, when she was 10 years old, Dalia Sofer and her family escaped Iran. It was an experience that may explain the intense detail of her literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz. The novel captures the chaotic spirit of post-revolutionary Iran and a family’s efforts to reconcile the collapse of everything they have known.
The Septembers of Shiraz is available for purchase at amazon.com
From Rags to Riches
In 1933, when Ralph Baruch was nine years old, his family fled Frankfurt, because of growing Nazi restrictions, and eventually settled in New York City. Baruch got his first job at a footwear factory in Brooklyn, but eventually rose to become a group president at CBS before becoming Viacom’s first CEO. Television Tightrope is the story of his rise to fame and fortune in the entertainment industry.
Television Tightrope is available for purchase at amazon.com
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