This week, we learn how Iraq came between Joseph Wilson and Karl Rove. Then, in a piece from our archives, John Stott takes a look at the security problems plaguing New York City’s most important commuter hub, Penn Station. David Mann also asks the provocative question, “Does terrorism work?” and…
As summer winds up to deliver its worst in Iraq, we find out how Americans and Iraqis cope with the heat. Many American soldiers come from areas of the country that never break triple-digits. For them, months of constant, suffocating heat can take some getting used to. But, one way…
In a special edition of War News Radio, we re-broadcast President Bush’s speech from Tuesday, June 28, 2005, on the war in Iraq, only this time with footnotes. You’ll hear the key portions of Bush’s address with commentary from experts in the fields of history, rhetoric, linguistics, and psychiatry, from…
In The Week in Review, a water main is broken in Baghdad, emboldened politicians in Washington call for a withdrawal timeline, and more violence in Iraq. Then, War News Radio looks at America’s options for an exit from Iraq. We hit the streets to find the opinions of people shopping…
We hear about everything from the latest Iraqi politics to what’s happening in your neighborhood library in The Week In Review. Also, Mat Loius Rosenberg reports on the Custer Battles contracting firm, an organization with a very shady reputation. Then, Ben Morgan lets a soldier’s grieving mother tell her story.…
We hear about Operation Lightning, the Downing Street Memo, and other developments from the week in The Week In Review. Tev Kelman also tells a story of fear and miscommunication at an Iraqi checkpoint in a report first aired on April 21, 2005. Finally, Jon Stott gives us an up-close…
We examine security issues in the “War on Terror,” including a particularly troubling lack of security at Penn Station in New York City, issues of border control, and the reliability of news coverage. Finally, we examine the ways in which concerns with security trump the ability of students to procure…
We talk to journalists in Lebanon and Italy about reactions on the ground in the two countries to some of today’s headlines. Also, Eva Barboni delves into the issue of civilian, Iraqi body counts. Finally, Rozina Ali speaks to a Swarthmore College linguistics professor, who recently returned from Iran. Listen…
Anne Kolker chats with a pair of members of the British House of Commons and finds that, though they share a party, they don’t see eye to eye on the war in Iraq. Then, Wren Elhai considers how American tax dollars are now being used to provide financial support to…
Tev Kelman brings us voices from both sides of the checkpoints in Iraq. We also hear from reporters who were embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, and we explore the complications with this form of journalism. Finally, we investigate how the cultural divide between the United States and the…