Disaster

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Claire Messud: "The Emperor's Children" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)

December 28, 2006

Diane talks with the author about her satirical comedy of manners about life among thirty-somethings in New York during the months leading up to and immediately following 9/11.

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Timothy Egan: "The Worst Hard Time" (Houghton Mifflin) (Rebroadcast)

December 4, 2006

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist tells the stories of individuals who survived the dust storms that terrorized the High Plains during the darkest years of the Depression. His book has won the 2006 National Book Award for nonfiction.

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Khaled Hosseini: "The Kite Runner"

September 28, 2006

An Afghan-American doctor talks about his first novel, which became an international literary sensation. He also talks about how his work has drawn attention to the struggles in Afghanistan and other war-torn nations around the world.

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Claire Messud: "The Emperor's Children" (Knopf)

September 7, 2006

Diane talks with the author about her satirical comedy of manners about life among thirty-somethings in New York during the months leading up to and immediately following 9/11.

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News Roundup

September 1, 2006

A panel of journalists joins guest host Laura Knoy for review and analysis of the week's top national and international news stories.

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The 'Big Dig' Tunnel Collapse and Beyond

July 24, 2006

Problems with the Boston highway project and a broader view of public works safety, financing and oversight issues.

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Anderson Cooper: "Dispatches from the Edge" (Harper Collins)

June 7, 2006

The CNN anchor discusses how personal loss propelled him to cover catastrophe around the world.

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Tom Nagorski: "Miracles on the Water" (Hyperion)

June 1, 2006

ABC World News Tonight producer Tom Nagorski tells the harrowing World War II story of a passenger ship en route to Canada with 90 British children aboard that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic.

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Senator Trent Lott

April 17, 2006

Diane talks with the Mississippi senator and former Senate majority leader about hurricane recovery, immigration, Iraq, and other news.

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Timothy Egan: "The Worst Hard Time" (Houghton Mifflin)

December 5, 2005

Hurricanes and floods have grabbed recent headlines, but some people think Mother Nature's worst assault on America took place in the 1930s. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist tells the stories of individuals who survived the dust storms...

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