Oracle Bones; Just Americans; Hooked; Fish on Friday
Oracle Bones
In his new book, "Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present," Peter Hessler tells the story of modern-day China and its growing links to the West as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. Larry talks with Hessler about China, a country in the process of momentous change.
Just Americans
When the U.S. Government forcibly moved 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor they were treated as enemy aliens in their own land. Yet once the U.S. Army finally allowed Japanese Americans to serve their country, around 9,000 men from the camps joined with another 9,000 from Hawaii and formed the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Larry talks with Robert Asahina about his new book, "Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad," about how and why this segregated unit fought so valiantly for America.
Hooked
Being served a plate of Patagonian toothfish doesn't sound overly appetizing. But rename it "Chilean Sea Bass" and in two decades it becomes a fish embraced by chefs and diners everywhere. The explosive demand has fueled such rampant overfishing that the fish, formerly known as tooth, now faces an uncertain future. Larry talks with author Bruce Knecht about his latest book, "HOOKED: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish."
Fish on Friday
Larry talks with Brian Fagan about his new book, "Fish On Friday: Feasting, Fasting and the Discover of the New World," a story of how fishing and climate change figure in to Columbus' discovery of America.