December 17th Show
Happy Monday. Here's what's happening on the show today:
Four years ago, a peace agreement ended what's been described as Africa's bloodiest war. However, violence has erupted again in Eastern Congo. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR's West Africa correspondent, and Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost, explain what is happening in the region, why it seems the violence there never ends, and what U.N peacekeepers and aid groups would have to do to help put a stop to the conflict. At the end of that hour, we'll talk with Gerald Skoning about his op-ed that appeared in last month's Chicago Tribune entitled An Inconvenient Guilt. In it, Skoning explains why the " 'Go Green' movement has laid a major guilt trip on all Americans."
In our second hour, we will be joined by London's "domestic goddess" Nigella Lawson. Her new half-hour cooking series "Nigella Express" shows us how quickly and easily you can whip up quite the impressive feast and make even the simplest meals can look positively elegant. She also has a new cookbook by the same name, and today Nigella will get our taste buds watering just in time for the holidays with quick and easy receipes that will impress your family and friends--and perhaps even yourself! At the end of the hour, we'll talk with author Peter Bergen about the new release of "The Kite Runner," the movie version of the best-selling book about friendship, betrayal, ethnic rivalry and redemption in Afghanistan.
11:43 AM ET | 12-17-2007 | permalink
