President Bush’s Address; The New Book Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People In The Shadow Of America’s War; FilmWeek
President Bush’s Address
On Thursday night the President will address the nation from New Orleans. He is expected to announce a new federal aid package to help those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Larry talks with Arnold Steinberg, a political strategist and analyst, and David Menefee-Libey, Professor of Politics at Pomona College about the President’s speech.
The New Book Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People In The Shadow Of America’s War
We hear daily reports of the violence in Iraq but little about how average Iraqis continue to live through the conflict. Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post reporter, Anthony Shadid, has been in Iraq since the beginning of the war. Larry talks with him about his new book, Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War, the story of how ordinary Iraqis endure the tragedy of war in their homeland.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new releases, including Just Like Heaven, Proof, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Lord of War, Everything Is Illuminated, Thumbsucker, The Thing About My Folks, Hellbent, Keane, The Tunnel, Kamikaze, and The Future of Food.