This week on War News Radio, we learn about an ongoing web video series that has opened a window into everyday life in Hometown Baghdad. Listen now to Natalie Litton’s report.
We also hear about Iraq’s troubled water supply, still briny after all these years. Listen now to this report from Walter Hessler and Meghna Sachdev.
Finally, we visit an independent [...]
This week on War News Radio, we find out about the Iraqi government’s efforts to keep doctors from fleeing the country. Listen now to Elizabeth Threlkeld’s report.
Then, we look into the impact of military blogs on soldiers and their families. Listen now to Reuben Heyman-Kantor’s report.
We hear the story of an injured veteran, piecing his life - and [...]
This week on War News Radio, we hear about the state of Iraqi universities and teaching conditions after the U.S. invasion. Listen now to Wren Elhai’s report.
Then, we take a look at the futures slated for graduates from America’s service academies. Listen now to Sarah Manion’s report.
Finally, we find out about a burgeoning film school in Baghdad. Listen now to [...]
This week on War News Radio, we speak with an expert about the future of the Iraqi parliament. Listen now to Elizabeth Threlkeld’s report.
Then, we hear from soldier-poets, who put the war in Iraq into verse. Listen now to Jess Engebretson’s report.
Finally, we find out how the editors of Wikipedia document an ongoing war. Listen now to Nick [...]
This week on War News Radio, we hear about Catholic hospitals in Baghdad, struggling to serve their neighbors. Listen now to Clare Kobasa’s report.
Then, we speak with an Afghan journalist about reporters, protests, and the new Afghan media law. Listen now to Wren Elhai’s report.
Finally, we find out about a graphic novel that envisions Iraq in 2011 - [...]
This week on War News Radio, we check out a film school where young Iraqis learn a new way to document their lives: on tape. Listen now to this report from Eric Chiang and Hansi Lo Wang.
Then, we talk with former top CIA official Tyler Drumheller about what went wrong with pre-war intelligence, and how much of it was [...]
This week on War News Radio, in the second part of our series on mental health in Iraq, we hear from two expatriate Iraqi psychiatrists. Listen now to Jess Engebretson’s report.
Then, we find out about the impact of the war on the Iraqi community of Dearborn, Michigan. Listen now to Natalie Litton’s report.
Finally, we speak with Ali Allawi, [...]
This week on War News Radio, in the first of a two-part series, we take a look at the mental health system in Iraq. Listen now to Jess Engebretson’s report.
Then, we speak with Thomas Ricks, the author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. He says the war is a Shakespearean drama - and we’re only in Act [...]
This week on War News Radio, we speak to Michelle Flournoy, President of the Center for a New American Security, about President Bush’s proposal for a new war coordinator. Listen now to Michael Drezner’s report.
Then, we examine Iran’s alleged meddling in the Iraq war. Listen now this report from Anders Taylor and Sonny Sidhu.
Finally, in the first installment [...]
This week on War News Radio, we find out about an independently run veteran’s center that’s bypassing the bureaucracy to make veterans feel at home. Listen now to Elise Garrity’s report.
We speak with Carlotta Gall, the New York Times’ Afghanistan bureau chief. She’s more optimistic about Afghanistan than Iraq. Listen now to part one and part [...]
This week on War News Radio, we talk with embedded journalist David Swanson about his experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Listen now to Willy Nolan’s report.
Then, we find out about the controversy around a friendly fire incident in Iraq. It hasn’t gone away. Listen now to Alex Imas’s report.
We learn about the statistical methods behind recent estimates [...]
This week on War News Radio, four years after the war began, we find out how Iraqis are feeling about the future. Listen now to Sarah Manion’s report.
Then, we hear the story of two brothers, forced to choose between staying with family and fleeing the violence. Listen now to Amelia Templeton’s report.
We fill in the history of the [...]
This week on War News Radio, we take a look at how war has affected the youth of Iraq and Afghanistan.
We hear about the new lives of two Afghan students studying in America. Listen now to Jess Engebretson’s report.
Then, we find out about an Iraqi couple who use the Internet to sustain their relationship. Listen now [...]
This week on War News Radio, we find out about the welcome that may - or may not - be waiting in Canada for American deserters. Listen now to this report from Alex Wheeler, Madeleine Abromowitz, and Nicholas LaRacuente.
Then, we hear the historian’s side of the war. Listen now to Lisa Cabral’s report.
Finally, we speak to an American [...]
This week on War News Radio, we speak to an expert about the new plan for distributing Iraqi oil revenue. Listen now to Anne Kolker’s report.
Then, we hear reaction to the British withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and learn about the last time British forces left the region. Listen now to Alan Smith’s report.
Finally, for Iraqi professors and [...]
This week on War News Radio, we find out why, despite the dangers, Americans choose to work in Iraq. Listen now to Cyrus Stoller’s report.
Then, we hear the story of the first feature film to come out of Iraq in years. It didn’t have a Hollywood-size budget. Listen now to Hansi Lo Wang’s report.
And we speak with Amelia [...]
This week on War News Radio, we take a look at No More Victims, an organization that’s bringing wounded Iraqi children to the U.S. for treatment. Listen now to Peter Holm’s report.
And, we put together the essentials of the House of Representative’s three-day debate about Iraq. Listen now to Lisa Cabral’s report.
Then, we speak with New York [...]
This week on War News Radio, we speak to a veteran about his experience putting his life and his marriage back together. Listen now to Wren Elhai’s report.
Then, we learn about Kirkuk, an Iraqi city where oil is a blessing and a curse. Listen now to Eva Barboni’s extended report.
Finally, we get a different take on First Lieutenant [...]
This week on War News Radio, we follow a group of veterans to an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. This piece was produced by Alex Marlowe Ginsberg, Natalie Litton, and Elise Garrity. Listen now.
Then, we sit down with New York Times correspondent David Rohde to hear his views on Afghanistan. Listen now to Wren Elhai’s report.
Finally, we learn more about [...]
Iraq is famous for its oil fields. But Iraqis still have to wait in long, dangerous lines to buy gas. This week on War News Radio, we find out why. Listen now to Hansi Lo Wang’s extended report.
Then, we hear a Vietnam veteran’s reaction to President Bush’s State of the Union Address. Listen now to Michael Drezner’s report.
Finally, time for [...]
This week on War News Radio, we take a look at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent diplomatic efforts in the Middle East. Listen now to this report.
And, how has Egypt responded to recent U.S. efforts to turn around the situation in Iraq? Listen now to Reuben Heyman-Kantor’s report.
We also hear from Individual Ready Reservists who never expected to get [...]
