This hour, we’ll talk about what top security officials on the continent are doing to ward off terrorist attacks with Sebastian Rotella. His reporting appears in the Frontline documentary “Terror in Europe,” which airs Tuesday on KERA-TV.
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The Rise Of ISIS
This hour, we’ll talk about the emergence of ISIS with Joby Warrick, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS.”
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The Psychology Of Terrorism
This hour, we’ll talk why terrorists are driven to destruction and what they hope to accomplish with Claudia Wallis. She’s the managing editor of “Scientific American Mind,” which covers the topic in its May/June issue.
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The Life Of A Muslim American
This hour, we’ll talk to Moustafa Bayoumi about what it’s like to constantly feel like a suspect in a crime you didn’t commit, which he writes about in “This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror” (NYU Press).
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The CIA From al Qa’ida to ISIS
Michael Morell was with President Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists struck the U.S. And he was at President Obama’s side when the U.S. raided Osama bin Laden’s compound. This hour, we’ll talk to the retired deputy director of the CIA about securing peace through back-channel negotiations, which he writes about in The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism–From al Qa’ida to ISIS (Twelve).
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Islamic Extremism In North Texas
Sunday’s shooting at Garland’s Curtis Culwell Center has brought the national conversation about freedom of speech, ISIS and the future of terrorism to North Texas. This hour, we’ll explore those topics with international terrorism expert Robert Taylor of UTD and Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Taking Down The Taliban
This hour, we’ll talk to former CIA station chief for Islamabad Robert Grenier about the challenges of fighting the Taliban.
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A Nation Of Anxiety
This hour, we’ll talk about how the leaders we elect both help us and hinder us during tough times with David Rothkopf, author of National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear.
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The Price Of Perpetual War
This hour, we’ll talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Risen, who writes about how war has affected the country in his new book, Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War.
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Al Qaeda Diminished
We’ll talk this hour about how that has impacted America’s national security strategy with Joshua Rovner, John G. Tower Distinguished Chair of International Politics and National Security at SMU; and Hal Brands, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and History at Duke University.
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