war

May 30, 2017

Shared Weight: Visions of War, Dreams of Peace

May 29, 2017 - Segment 1 - We hosted an episodes from our series Shared Weight, featuring the voices of those who served in the Viet Nam War. We listened in to the segment M*A*S*H 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace and heard the compelling stories of poet George Evans and the late author and nurse Lynda Van Devanter.
March 11, 2015

Everyman Theatre World of the Play: Ruined — You Will Not Fight Your Battles On My Body Anymore

March 10, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear last Saturday's World of the Play discussion at Everyman Theatre, based on themes arising from Everyman's production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined.
November 25, 2013

Mel Goodman’s “National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism”

November 21, 2013 - Segment 3 - We talk with Mel Goodman, Director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and a former Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State, about his new book National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism.
November 12, 2013

On Veterans Day – The Human Cost Of War: High Rates Of Suicide Among Veterans

November 11, 2013 - Segment 3 - Happy Veterans Day to all those who have served our nation in the armed forces. To honor this day we will begin our show with a look at a sad but very real phenomenon: the high rate of suicides among veterans.
November 7, 2013

Wil Hylton’s Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

November 7, 2013 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with Wil Hylton, journalist and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, whose new book is Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II.
October 24, 2013

Mixed Reactions: U.S. Drone Strikes In Pakistan

October 24, 2013 - Segment 4 - On the heels of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with President Barack Obama to press for an end to drone strikes, we continue our conversations about the U.S. Government's use of drones.
October 11, 2013

George Zornick: Washington Finally Pays Attention to Afghanistan—for All the Wrong Reasons

October 11, 2013 - Segment 6 - We have a special report from George Zornick, writer for The Nation, on the 12th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. His piece is titled, "Washington Finally Pays Attention to Afghanistan—for All the Wrong Reasons."
September 13, 2013

Maryland’s U.S. Representatives On American Intervention In Syria

September 13, 2013 - Segment 1 - We check-in with our elected officials about potential military intervention in Syria. Congressman Elijah Cummings, Congressman John Sarbanes, and Senator Ben Cardin will be on-hand to offer their opinions and insight.
March 19, 2013

10-Year Anniversary Of The Iraq War

March 19, 2013 - Hour 2 - We reflect on the Iraq War on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of the country with Dr. Shibley Telhami, Dr. Adil Shamoo, Dr. Richard Vatz, and Dr. Thabit Abdullah - some of the guests on our show who have weighed in on the conflict over the past decade and beyond.