What Americans Don’t Get About Afghanistan

Posted on Jul 28, 2012

U.S. Army/Spc. Ken Scar

This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years and he predicts things will fall apart. Also: new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; one of the architects of financial deregulation wants a do-over; and sportswriter Mark Heisler goes out on a limb looking for answers.

Listen to the show:

Segments:

Ben Perkins of Fenway Health joins us from the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.

Mark Heisler on the Penn State scandal and the need to distinguish tragedy from entertainment.

Ed Girardet shares his perspective from 30 years of reporting from Afghanistan.

Robert Scheer responds to the surprising turnaround of one of the principal architects of financial deregulation.

 

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