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A Week in Iraq Twofer

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Listen to Alison get two different perspectives on the week's Iraq news.

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Iraqis celebrate their national soccer team's victory in the Asia Cup semifinals Wednesday. The celebration was soon marred, however, by a pair of suicide car bombers.

Today we present two segments for the price of one for our Week in Iraq feature. We asked similar questions to two different guests to get two different perspectives, and produced two separate segments, all in one podcast. First we spoke to Professor Andrew Bacevich from Boston University, who analyzed the week's Iraq news from the military perspective. Afterwards, in a separate segment, we spoke to the Washington Post's Anthony Shadid, who provided some top notch news analysis. We put it all together in one 'cast, so take a listen and tell us what you think.

Dan Pashman

3:40 PM ET | 07-27-2007 | permalink

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I liked both versions equally. However, I'm not sure that Iraq would deem that much time (using either version) every Friday.

Sent by Steve Petersen | 7:16 PM ET | 07-27-2007

I know this show is trying to appeal to young listeners, so I gave it a try, but I could barely listen for longer than a minute. The part I heard sounded more like commercial radio than any sort of experimental sound based on conversation. If you want inspiration for a real conversational style, talk to Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad at radio lab. I'm constantly impressed by their style.

Sent by Megan Hall | 10:42 AM ET | 07-30-2007

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