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It's not your mother's Peace Corps. Nearly 45 years after it was first proposed by John F. Kennedy, the Peace Corps is facing new challenges, including a controversial law that allows members of the military to do part of their service in the Peace Corps. A look at how the Peace Corps is adapting to a changing world and where it's going in the future.
Mark Schneider, Senior Vice President and Special Adviser on Latin America, International Crisis Group; Director of the Peace Corps, 1999-2001
John Hale, Principal at Mindwest Strategic Communications; Former Acting Inspector General of the Peace Corps
Carol Bellamy, CEO of World Learning; Former Peace Corps Director, 1993-1995
Kevin Quigley, President, The National Peace Corps Association
Consumers in six states -- including Maryland -- are being put on alert after a cow banned under mad cow rules was imported into the U.S. from Canada. An update on the recent beef recall, and a discussion of how consumers should respond.
John Gregerson, Editor, Meat Marketing and Technology Magazine and meatingplace.com
What should you make of a debut novelist who has been compared to everyone from Chuck Palahniuk (of 'Fight Club' fame) to Gabriel Garcia Marquez (of '100 Years of Solitude' fame)? Find out, when Kojo talks with Julia Slavin, a former TV producer and winner of literature's respected Pushcart Prize, whose new book satirizes life in Washington's leafy suburbs.
Julia Slavin, author "Carnivore Diet: A Novel" (Norton)
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