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On today's show: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas Ricks with the inside story behind General David Petraeus’s “gamble”—the surge. Plus, Dr. Abraham Verghese on his first novel, Cutting for Stone. Then, Tony Kushner talks about the 100th anniversary of Wandering Stars, a classic work by Sholem Aleichem. And our latest Underreported segments are about the release of a Pakistani nuclear scientist from house arrest and President Bush’s legacy in the worlds oceans.
The Gamble
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks secured hundreds of hours of interviews with top military commanders in Iraq. The result is his new book The Gamble, which takes an in-depth look at General Petraeus's surge strategy and the the Iraq War from 2005 on. You can read Thomas Ricks blog here
Cutting For Stone
Dr. Abraham Verghese was lauded for his memoir about his time as a doctor in Tennessee during the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Now he has turned his skills to fiction writing with his novel Cutting for Stone.
Events:
Dr. Abraham Verghese will be reading and signing books
Thursday February 12th at 7 pm
Idlewild Books
12 W. 19th St., New York, 10011
Tony Kushner on Yiddish Literature
Sholem Aleichem was one of the greatest humorists yiddish literature and his work became the basis for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof". This year marks the 100th anniversay of his book Wandering Stars, a love story set in the world of Yiddish Thaeter. Tony Kushner joins us along with translator Aliza Shervrin to talk about the book and Aleichem's legacy.
Events:
The Forward will be hosting "Tevyeday" at Symphony Space.
It will be a celebrity-studded reading in Yiddish and English of Sholom Aleichem's novel "Wandering Stars" and a 150th birthday party for him!
Thursday March 19th
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Tickets info available here
Underreported: Bush's Legacy in the Oceans
In his final days before leaving office, President Bush created the largest marine sanctuary in the world off the coast of Hawaii. But, he also opened up large parts of the American coastline to oil drilling. Michael Sutton is Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and directs the aquarium's Center for the Future of the Oceans. He'll take us into the murky depths of Bush Administration's marine policies.
Underreported: AQ Khan on the Loose
AQ Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, has admitted to selling nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran, and North Korea. Late last week a Pakistani ordered Khan's release after five years of house arrest. David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C., joins us to discuss the impact of Khan's release as US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke prepared to tour the region.
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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