Sunday Salon
Sunday Salon – February 18, 2007
KPFA Reporter and author ("How America Lost Iraq"), Aaron Glantz will be sitting in for Larry Bensky. In the first hour… Glantz, who spent six months reporting from Iraq after the U.S. invasion, has recently been investigating incidents of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. He’ll be joined by Penny Coleman, author … Continued
Sunday Salon – February 11, 2007
In the first hour… It’s been 18 months since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast. Hundreds of thousands of people were driven from their homes, many of them to other parts of the country… Now, people — the vast majority people of color — are barred from returning to their homes in New … Continued
Sunday Salon – February 4, 2007
A three-hour special, from 9am to noon. In the first hour… Calvin Trillin is the author of 25 books, many of which portrayed his late wife, Alice, as someone who had, "a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day." Five years after her death, Trillin has written "About Alice," a loving … Continued
Sunday Salon – January 28, 2007
In the first hour… First, an interview with artist and author Dorothy Fall… Her new book about her late husband is "Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar". Fall was one of the first people to predict that America’s participation in the Vietnam War would be a disaster. Then, Washington Post journalist Anthony Shadid on Iraq. … Continued
Sunday Salon – January 21, 2007
In our first hour… Where did you buy your last new pair of jeans? No matter where you bought it, before it reached the store it’s "life" probably began in a factory in China… Micha Peled’s documentary "China Blue" goes into a jeans factory in China and takes a look at the working conditions of … Continued
Sunday Salon – January 14, 2007
In our first hour… The National Conference on Media Reform is on this weekend in Memphis… We’ll talk about a few of the things we can do to improve media in the United States… Our guests: Jeff Chester, founder and executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, and author of the new book, "Digital … Continued
Sunday Salon – January 7, 2007
In our first hour… The New Congress: What’s on Democrats’ agenda? What’s not? And what should be? What about impeachment? Our guests: Former U.S. Representative, Elizabeth Holtzman. Holtzman is a lawyer, and the co-author of "The Impeachment of George W. Bush" (Nation Books). Clarence Lusane, American University Professor in the School of International Service, author … Continued
Sunday Salon – December 31, 2006
This week on Sunday Salon… The answer to one of our listeners’ most frequently asked questions: "What is that music on Sunday Salon?" Larry presents complete versions of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, and Mozart, from which excerpts are played as continuity music every Sunday. The two hour special broadcast ends with a performance of … Continued