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Combine beautiful spring days with high gas prices and you get a perfect set of reasons to ride a bicycle wherever you need to go. Join Kojo to hear about great trails in our region, a new Bike Sharing program that's coming soon to downtown DC, and Bike-to-Work day, which encourages workers to get out of their cars and commute to work on two wheels.
Jim Sebastian, Bicycle Coordinator, DC Division of Transportation
Eric Gilliland, Executive Director, Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Paul DeMaio, Owner, MetroBike LLC, a bike-sharing consulting company
Maybe you are too intimidated by steep hills and busy streets to ride a bicycle to work. But one botanist-turned-journalist- turned-cyclist from Arizona felt so comfortable on his bike that he decided to ride to the world's deepest places on six continents. Join Kojo as we explore what this ambitious cyclist learned on his journey.
Jim Malusa, author, "Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents" (Sierra Club Books)
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has long been one of Washington's strongest allies in Latin America. And despite new revelations about ties between his ruling party and violent paramilitary forces, he remains popular across the country. Yesterday Uribe announced the extradition of fourteen paramilitary leaders to the United States. We get an update on the "parapolitics" scandal, and the state of relations between Bogota and Washington.
Juan Forero, Reporter, National Public Radio (based in Bogota)
Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy at Inter-American Dialogue; and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
Mario Murillo, Associate Professor of Communications, Hofstra University; author, "Colombia and the United States : War, Unrest, and Destabilization" (Open Media)
Few issues in American culture are as emotionally explosive as capital punishment. The death penalty is a particularly sensitive topic now that the Supreme Court has opened the door for thousands of suspended executions to move forward. But filmmaker Steve James isn't someone who shies away from controversial topics. We discuss his most recent documentary on the death penalty, and look back at his previous work -- which tackled everything from the Iraq war to the cruelty of inner-city life in Chicago.
Steve James, Producer/Director/Editor, "At the Death House Door"; also produced "Hoop Dreams," "The War Tapes," and "Reel Paradise"
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