What is the situation like in Afghanistan today? From 1997-2002, Sarah Chayes served as an overseas NPR correspondent, reporting from the Balkans and Paris. In 2002 she left her career as a journalist to run the nongovernmental aid organization, Afghans for Civil Society. Sarah Chayes will join us this hour to discuss the complex and […]
Is space travel soon to be in reach of ordinary citizens? Probably not. But Plano entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari has not only visited the International Space Station, but become an international sensation on earth as well. She’ll join us for the hour to discuss her adventure and how she realized her dream of traveling to space.
Are quality films regularly “dismissed” by the cultural elites just because they are the products of Hollywood’s big studios? Morning Edition and L.A. Times film critic Kenneth Turan thinks so. He argues that there are at least 150 recent films that should not be shunned by the art house crowd simply because they ran nationwide. […]
