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10:00Hurricane Katrina

Diane and her guests discuss the immediate aftermath and longer term environmental implications of Hurricane Katrina.

Guests

Michael Kearney, professor of geography, University of Maryland

Charles Groat, director, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Texas at Austin

Scott Kiser, tropical cyclone program manager for NOAA

Dick Lettke, spokesman for State Farm Insurance

11:00David Reynolds: "John Brown, Abolitionist" (Knopf) (Rebroadcast)

A distinguished professor of English and American Studies takes a look at the life of the controversial Abolitionist who used terror tactics against slavery and changed the course of American history.

Guests

David Reynolds, professor at the Graduate Center and Baruch College of the City University of New York and author of "Walt Whitman's America," "Beneath the American Renaissance," "Whitman," "George Lippard," and "Faith in Fiction."

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