The Colorado River Delta; Afghanistan Update; John Mauceri And The Hollywood Bowl
The Colorado River Delta
A visitor to the Colorado River Delta in the 1920's described it as like the Nile or the Indus; thick with fish, with "snow fields of egrets," clouds of birds, and teeming with jaguars and coyotes. The Delta used to be the size of Connecticut, receiving all of the Colorado River's water before it emptied into the Gulf of California. Now it receives about 2%, most of the river's water going to urban areas in California, Nevada and Arizona. Many species have been affected by the shrinking of the Delta, including the endangered Yuma Clapper Rail. Larry Mantle speaks with Charles Bergman, author of Red Delta: Fighting for Life at the End of the Colorado River, Jennifer Pitt, Senior Policy Analyst for the Ecosystem Restoration Program at Environmental Defense, Exequiel Ezcurra, President of the National Institute of Ecology in Mexico, and Charles Wilkinson, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law about the Delta's history, it's ecology and it's future.
Afghanistan Update
Larry Mantle speaks with two experts for an update on what is happening in Afghanistan--from the military operations to the new government in Kabul and more. Ambassador Peter Tomsen, former Special Envoy and Ambassador on Afghanistan during George Bush's, Sr., administration, and Hasan Nouri, Chairman of International Orphan Care, a non-profit organization that provides aid to children in Afghanistan and Iran, discuss the social, economic and political situation in Afghanistan, as well as the apparent lack of a uniform US policy.
John Mauceri And The Hollywood Bowl
Larry Mantle talks with the Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri about the Hollywood Bowl and its current season.