November 2014

November 14, 2014

November 10: This Day in History

November 10, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including Kristallnacht, when anti-Jewish pogroms took place across Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the passing of UN Resolution 3379, which equated Zionism and racism.
November 10, 2014

Voices From The Archives: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Taylor Branch

November 7, 2014 - Segment 5 - I talk with Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian whose trilogy America in the King Years chronicles the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement.
November 10, 2014

Voices From The Archives: Author Mark Bowden

November 7, 2014 - Segment 4 - I talk with Mark Bowden, author of many books including Black Hawk Down, about his 2006 work Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam.
November 10, 2014

Jenin Freedom Theatre in the Occupied West Bank

November 7, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk with individuals from the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the Occupied West Bank. The goal of the theatre is to empower the community and to explore the potential of arts as an important catalyst for social change.
November 10, 2014

November 7: This Day In History

November 7, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of what happened on this day in history, including the day Douglas Wilder becomes the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state, and the day in 1990 when the National Football League responded to the state of Arizona’s refusal to observe a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday by rescinding their plan to hold the 1993 Super Bowl in Phoenix.
November 10, 2014

Health & Fitness: Spotlight on National Diabetes Month

November 6, 2014 - Segment 4 - We hear our monthly feature on health and fitness, with fitness activist and trainer Chauncey Whitehead, professional trainer and body builder Ernestine Shepherd, and registered dietician Angela Ginn-Meadow. This month, we discuss diabetes.
November 10, 2014

Journalist Rula Jebreal on Minority Life in Israel and Islamophobia

November 6, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk with Palestinian journalist, foreign policy analyst and author Rula Jebreal about her recent op-ed piece in the New York Times, "Minority Life in Israel."