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With Reese Erlich, author and journalist. He writes regularly for CBS Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corp., and National Public Radio. He is foreign correspondent for Global Post and contributes to VICE News.  Erlich has won numerous journalism awards including a Peabody awards.  His latest book is Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What … Continued


With Gerald Russell,  former British and United Nations diplomat, who spent 14 years representing Britain in the Middle East.  His book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East is featured as part of the Letters and Politics Religion Pack Interviews offered on the current KPFA fund drive. Other interviews featured on … Continued


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