South Sudan is quite possibly on the verge of famine. The conflict that erupted in December shows little signs of abating. The peace process is halting and in the meantime the humanitarian situation is growing precipitously worse. Mark speaks with Tariq Riebl, Oxfam’s South Sudan country director about the humanitarian situation in South Sudan and what can be done to avert a possible famine.
Episode 5: Octavia Nasr, Reporter and ex-CNNer
Octavia Nasr is on the line this week. The longtime CNN personality discusses how she cut her teeth reporting from the dangerous frontlines of Lebanon’s civil war; how women’s movements are shaping post-Arab Spring countries; and how a Tweet led to her being fired from CNN after 20 years of service.
Episode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy”
You probably know him as “The Muslim Guy.” Arsalan Iftikhar is a civil rights lawyer and popular media commentator who fights daily against widespread bigotry facing Muslim Americans. In our conversation we discuss the how the child of immigrants from Pakistan got into this line of work, how the Bush administration officially sanctioned discrimination against Muslim Americans, and why Barack Obama refuses to set foot in an American Mosque.
Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley
This week’s guest is the filmmaker Dodge Billingsley. We discuss his new documentary about the political and cultural challenges of Korean unification; his time spent embedded with Chechen rebels; and the movies that that shaped his worldview.
