Doctor and humanitarian Samantha Nutt talks about human suffering in the some of the world’s most dire conditions — and whether these threats can be overcome.
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A Battlefield Doctor’s Story
Jon Kerstetter joins us to talk about saving lives in the world’s deadliest places, which he writes about in “Crossings: A Doctor-Soldier’s Story.”
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How The Next War Will Be Different
Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Robert Latiff joins us to talk about what war will look like going forward.
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A Correspondent, Her Fixer And The Dangers Of Covering War
Deborah Campbell joins us to tell the story of her quest to reunite with Ahlam, a local fixer who helped her cover the war in Syria.
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The Changing Battlefield
Retired Admiral Patrick Walsh joins us to talk about how our armed forces are preparing for 21st Century-style warfare.
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Remembering World War I
One hundred years ago this spring, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, thrusting the nation into World War I, and this hour we’ll talk about some of the highlights.
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War Crimes
Allan Ryan joins us to talk about how war crime investigations work – and about how some of the most notorious war criminals of the last century were eventually brought to justice.
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Telling War Stories Through Images
This hour, we’ll talk about how war photographers tell stories of conflict through their images with a panel of Pulitzer Prize-winners: David Hume Kennerly, Carol Guzy and David Leeson.
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How War Became Everything
This hour, we’ll talk about how our modern concept of war has changed from a temporary to never-ending state with Rosa Brooks, author of “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon.”
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The Science Of War
This hour, we’ll talk about how the Department of Defense is using technology and training to best equip military personnel with Mary Roach.
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The Lusitania’s Final Voyage
This hour, we’ll talk about the disaster the Lusitania suffered at the hands of German U-boats with Erik Larson.
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War And Peace On Iwo Jima
This hour, 70 years after the fight, we’ll talk about how participants on opposite sides have returned to the island as friends with historian Dan King.
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