Helen Benedict, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, discusses her latest novel, “The Good Deed,” which focuses on refugees living on the island of Samos in Greece. Pride Month Special Interview: Mystery writer Joseph Hansen (1923-2004), author of the Dave Brandstetter mysteries, recorded in 1990 for the Probabilities radio program. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Helen Benedict, author of the novel “The Good Deed,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The novel focuses on the life of refugees in the Greek island of Samos. In the interview, Helen Benedict, Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, also discusses the protests at Columbia as well as her view of journalism about the 2024 election.

Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of “Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of seven novels and five books of non-fiction. Her latest book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, a Syrian refugee who was planning to get a law degree in Damascus, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece after escaping from their home countries, and partly a look at the refugee camps of Greece. Also: Bay Area Theatre in 2023: Best of the Year.


Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of “Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of seven novels and five books of non-fiction. Her latest book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, a Syrian refugee who was planning to get a law degree in Damascus, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece after escaping from their home countries, and partly a look at the refugee camps of Greece. Also: Review of “Little Shop of Horrors” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.


Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of “Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of seven novels and five books of non-fiction. Her latest book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, a Syrian refugee who was planning to get a law degree in Damascus, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece after escaping from their home countries, and partly a look at the refugee camps of Greece.

Helen Benedict, whose latest novel is “Wolf Season,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. A journalist as well as novelist, Helen Benedict focuses on the effects of war, both on civilian and military populations. Her latest novel, “Wolf Season,” takes place in a small town near Albany, New York, where Iraq war veterans and Iraqi refugees both live and work. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.


Helen Benedict, whose latest novel is “Wolf Season,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. A journalist as well as novelist, Helen Benedict focuses on the effects of war, both on civilian and military populations. Her latest novel, “Wolf Season,” takes place in a small town near Albany, New York, where Iraq war veterans and Iraqi refugees both live and work. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.


Helen Benedict, whose latest novel is “Wolf Season,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. A journalist as well as novelist, Helen Benedict focuses on the effects of war, both on civilian and military populations. Her latest novel, “Wolf Season,” takes place in a small town near Albany, New York, where Iraq war veterans and Iraqi refugees both live and work.

The Morning Show

The Morning Show – December 23, 2009

The Morning Show discusses the Continued Unrest in Iran and the passage of a Same Gender Marriage Law in Mexico City. David Bacon, labor correspondent, looks back at 2009 and US Labor Against the War. In the second hour “The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves, and the Looting of America” by Jonathan Tasini, … Continued