Transformative Years

Guest host Julie Burstein fills in for Leonard Lopate. Nicholas Schmidle describes the two transformative years he spent living in Pakistan. Then, Margot Mifflin on the life of Olive Oatman, a woman who was raised as a Mohave after being taken from her family. Also, artist Paula Nadelstern talks about her new quilting exhibit on view at the American Folk Art Museum. Plus, our latest Underreported segments look at the human rights crisis in the Congo and at how the social networking site Facebook is positioning itself to tighten its grip on social media.