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Thursday September 6, 2007

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10:00Darfur

Guest host: Steve Roberts

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visits Sudan in advance of long-awaited U.N. peacekeeping troops to Darfur.

Guests

Kenneth Bacon, president of Refugees International

Jason Small, deputy director of U.S. State Department's Sudan programs group

Ambassador John Ukec, Sudanese Ambassador to the United States

Rep. Don Payne, Congressman of New Jersey; chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health

Mia Farrow, actress; representative for "Olympic Dream for Darfur"

11:00John Heath & Lisa Adams: "Why We Read What We Read" (Source Books)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

A look at what the books we read have in common and what they say about America our culture, our beliefs, and how we relate to one another.

Guests

John Heath, award-winning teacher, scholar, lecturer, and co-author of "Who Killed Homer?"

Lisa Adams, a recipient of the Woodall Essay Prize and the McCann Short Fiction Award.

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