Disaster

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Azar Nafisi "Things I've Been Silent About"

January 5, 2009

In a follow-up to her international best-seller ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran,’ Azar Nafisi discusses growing up in Iran before the fall of the Shah, her family’s complicated personal and political history, and how the Islamic revolution...

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Amanda Ripley: "The Unthinkable" (Crown) (Rebroadcast)

September 14, 2008

Amanda Ripley, award-winning journalist for Time magazine, retraces the human response to some of the most devastating disasters of our age, from the explosion of the Mount Blanc munitions ship in 1917 to the World Trade Center attacks on...

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Amanda Ripley: "The Unthinkable" (Crown)

June 18, 2008

Amanda Ripley, award-winning journalist for Time magazine, retraces the human response to some of the most devastating disasters of our age, from the explosion of the Mount Blanc munitions ship in 1917 to the World Trade Center attacks on...

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Lynn Spencer: "Touching History" (Free Press)

June 4, 2008

A commercial pilot gives a detailed account of what happened over our nation's skies during the morning and afternoon of 9/11. She provides a time-line of the days events and explains how the nation could be caught so unprepared.

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Crop Diversity and Seed Banks

March 10, 2008

The opening of a global seed bank in Norway highlights the vital role seeds play in the global food chain. Diane and her guests discuss the role of seed banks, the importance of crop diversity, and the relationship between corporate and...

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Terrorism

July 16, 2007

New intelligence reports and the Bush administration warn that al Qaida has rebuilt its operational capabilities out of Pakistan and that it poses a growing threat to the United States.

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Rebuilding New Orleans

June 28, 2007

A new report says large sections of the city are still prone to flooding, but recovery continues.

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Virginia Tech Shootings

April 17, 2007

Diane and her guests talk about the latest information on the deadly shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: the university police and administration's handling of the two attacks, what is known about the shooter...

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Stephen Flynn: "The Edge of Disaster" (Random House)

February 20, 2007

The security expert argues we must focus on building national resiliency to confront the dangers of terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

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John Taliaferro: "In A Far Country" (Public Affairs)

January 3, 2007

The story of a missionary and his wife and the 1897 journey he took with seven Eskimos and hundreds of reindeer over seven hundred frozen miles to rescure the starving crews of eight icebound whaling ships.

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