European Reporter Pinwheel

As a listener I like hearing pinwheels, but as a producer they’re a challenge to pull together. Essentially a pinwheel is getting a few guests to identify who they are then having them make one or two comments.  The producer then strings them together into one seamless piece.
For this piece I had A LOT help [...]

Guatemala: The Secret Files

My colleague Clark Boyd had a story air on Frontline/World last night. The program airs around the country on PBS.
Here’s the story:
More than 200,000 people died and went missing during Guatemala’s 36 year civil war. While the army was responsible for atrocities against indigenous people in the countryside, many have wondered about the targeted campaigns against [...]

Secret Iraq Talks

Padraig O’Malley helped in the negotiations that eventually brought peace in Northern Ireland AND South Africa.  Recently, he’s been involved in talks  among Iraqi leaders aimed at achieving unity.  O’Malley was on our program back in the fall of 2007. He talked about the first round of peace talks.  You can listen to that interview here: http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/12446
NOW there’s [...]

Pentagon and Military Analysts

Apologies to retired Army Major General William Nash.
 I woke him up at 5am requesting an interview!  I wasn’t aware he was half way around the world.  But, General Nash eventually called back and after a cup of joe and we were good to go!
We wanted to speak with General Nash about a New York Times piece on retired military officers who serve as [...]