October 25th Show
Last show of the week. Here's what's happening:
Weaker winds have offered some hope to the firefighters who continue to battle fires that have engulfed much of Southern California. With at least half a million displaced residents and millions of dollars in damages, the White House has declared the region a federal disaster zone. The effects of this natural disaster have prompted comparisons to the destruction and subsequent response brought on by Hurricane Katrina that struck the gulf region two years ago. Guests in this first hour segment will talk about the parallel comparisons to the California fires and Hurricane Katrina and what is different this time around. Following that, we'll talk to Flynt Leverett, former senior director for Middle East policy at the National Security Council with the Bush administration. We'll ask him to detail his fear that the United States is gearing up to wage an attack on Iran, a concern that was the focus of an interview he gave with his National Security Council colleague Hillary Mann that appears in this month's Esquire magazine.
In our second hour, we're joined by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, twin sisters who were separated as infants and grew into adulthood completely unaware of each other's existence. They will share their story, talk about why they were separated and how reuniting prompted surprising questions about their own self-identity. Their fascinating story is detailed in a new memoir entitled Identical Strangers. At the end of the hour, Claire Hoffman, contributing editor for Portfolio magazine, talks about her article entitled Obscene Losses where she explains how the internet is killing porn.
11:13 AM ET | 10-25-2007 | permalink
