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10:00Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader sides with that nation’s hard-line president and calls for an end to protests. The latest on events in Iran and what may be next for the opposition

Guests

Robin Wright, Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her most recent book is "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East."

Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State

Borzou Daragahi, Middle East Correspondent, Los Angeles Times

11:00Michael Norman & Elizabeth Norman: "Tears in the Darkness"(FSG)

Hhusband and wife authors tell the story of the Bataan Death March, one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. They draw on interviews with hundreds of American and Philipino survivors as well as the Japanese soldiers who forced sick and starving prisoners on a 66-mile trek to brutal prison camps, where some remained for more than three years.

Guests

Elizabeth Norman, professor of humanities at New York University, author of "Women at War" and "We Band of Angels."

Michael Norman, professor of journalism at New York University, former reporter for the "New York Times," Marine Corps combat veteran of Vietnam, and author of "These Good Men."

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