July 10th Show
Last show of the week. Here's what's happening:
In our first hour, we'll talk about the love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the military. Apparently, every branch of the U.S. military has a liaison office in Hollywood, and if a filmmaker chooses to ask for access to bases, or planes, or tanks, the military can have a say-so about movie scripts that center around the war. Among our guests for that discussion will be Julian Barnes, a Pentagon correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and author of the article, "The Iraq war movie: Military hopes to shape genre". Have you seen any Iraq war movies? Did they seem believable? At the end of the hour, we will spare your hard earned summer body and talk, just TALK, about the perfect chocolate chip cookie. A food scientist will tell us how to build a better chocolate chip cookie and we'll find out from you what your baking secrets are for the King of the Cookie.
*Disclaimer: Talk of the Nation is not responsible for any trips made to your nearest bakery and any subsequent pounds put on any body parts following this broadcast.
Italy's anti-immigrant interior minister has launched a program to fingerprint its ethnic Roma Gypsy residents as a measure to crack down on street crime. Is this an indication that Europe is becoming more hostile toward immigrants? In our first hour, NPR's Senior Europe Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli will discuss anti-immigrant anxiety in Europe. Following that, Mark Levine, an author, musician and professor of Middle Eastern History, will talk about the young generation of heavy metal fans in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
12:16 PM ET | 07-10-2008 | permalink
