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You may recognize them from the gourmet aisle by their strange shapes and high price tags. But heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruit and livestock are a tasty living genetic history of food variations in America. Kojo explores the world of heirloom produce.
Dave Myers, Senior Agent, Maryland Cooperative Extension
Brian "Cricket" Rakita, Project Coordinator, Save Our Seed
Peggy Cornett, Garden Historian, Monticello Center for Historic Plants
It's been more than six months since controversy derailed a proposed takeover of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Now a bipartisan deal aimed at tightening waterfront security appears to be mired in election-season posturing. Kojo looks at the impasse, and explores the balance between port security and commerce.
Patrick Yoest, Homeland Security Reporter, Congressional Quarterly
David S. Ortiz, Researcher, RAND Corporation
Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a young man when he wrote a book on prison-issued toilet paper. His crime: including political messages in a play he'd written. Now a distinguished professor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o joins Kojo to discuss his life, his latest novel, and his homeland of Kenya.
Ngugi wa Thiongo, author, Wizard of the Crow (Pantheon); Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, University of California, Irvine
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