HOUR ONE
Politico’s White House correspondent Eamon Javers went deep into the world of corporate spies and found a hidden battlefield growing in size and importance for the rest of us. In Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy Javers profiles Chinese spies stealing trade secrets from Western high tech firms, ex-KGB officers working in American law firms and CIA agents moonlighting for private companies while still on the federal payroll.
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series This I Believe, Bob talks with curator Dan Gediman about the essay of Robert B. Powers. He entered police work after serving as a cavalryman in World War I. He was a deputy sheriff in New Mexico and Arizona, and was chief of police for Bakersfield, California. Powers co-authored “A Guide to Race Relations for Police Officers.”
HOUR TWO
Entertainment critic David Kipen talks with Bob about Sunday’s Academy Awards.
The Last Station tells the story of the final years of Russia’s greatest literary figure, Leo Tolstoy. Bob talks with director Michael Hoffman about the film and about stars Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren. They’re both nominated for Academy Awards for their roles as Tolstoy and his long-suffering wife Sofya.
Bob, as virtually all your interviews are, the one with Michael Hoffman was of particular interest to me After I heard him talk and with the information obtained from his biography, I believe that he is the perfect director to do a proper movie on The Korean War. As you know that war has been very much neglected by all Americans. 33,000 US soldiers died to keep South Korea from the fate that has befallen Koreans in the north. Even such esteemed commentators as PBS’ own Leigh Ann Hansen skip from WWII to Viet Nam when commenting about Americas wars. The war was waged not only by draftees, but also by many WWII veterans who were called back to serve again in just a few short years.
The book "The Coldest Winter" by David Halberstam which was recently published would inspire an awesome script for a movie that would be an authentic portrayal of the war.
I tried to find a way to communicate directly with Mr. Hoffman to no avail, of course. If you feel that this suggestion has some merit and would pass it along to Mr. Hoffman, I would sincerely appreciate it. A devoted listener to your show, Baird Buchanan