Today on the Radio: November 12
Recommended: controlling the Fed’s power on Rehm; Seymour Hersch on Fresh Air; William Langewiesche on TOTN.
Diane Rehm: Fed Under Fire. Hour 2: Ali Eteraz, author of Children of Dust.
On Point: President Obama’s Trip to Asia. Hour 2: The Onion
Fresh Air: Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersch, who has written about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in the current New Yorker.
Talk of the Nation: The Episcopal church and gays. Hour 2: Writer William Langewiesche on Captain Sully Sullenberger’s remarkable landing on the Hudson River.
Tell Me More: Michel Martin speaks with Mo’Nique about her new late night television program and her role in the critically acclaimed movie Precious.
To the Point: President Obama is headed to Asia, for his latest demonstration that the US has changed. Will allies and friendly enemies buy that story?
The Story: Shannon Meehan came home from Iraq conflicted about what he’d done. Writing a book about his ordeal helped him heal, and he thought sharing that book with Army psychiatrists might help others. That’s how Shannon ended up strangely connected to Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the officer accused of last week’s shooting at Fort Hood.
