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Guest host: Susan Page of USA Today
A discussion on candidates' ties to lobbyists, their positions on lobbying, and voter concerns over moneyed interests in politics.
Brody Mullins, reporter, "The Wall Street Journal"
Lanny Griffith, CEO and partner - Barbour, Griffith and Rogers
Meredith McGehee, policy director at The Campaign Legal Center; former chief lobbyist at Common Cause
Guest host: Susan Page
One of the most widely-read Latin American novelists presents his latest work of fiction. It's a tragicomic tale of love and politics, poetry and dance, hope and despair against post-Pinochet Chile.
Antonio Scarmeta, Chilean author whose work includes, "The Postman," which inspired the Oscar-winning film, "Il Postino.