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Student-produced radio on the war in Iraq. In depth news, interviews, and features that fill in the gaps in mainstream coverage of the war. Primary Format : Politics Also Listed as: International Politics Political City : Swarthmore State/Province : PA Country : USA Country : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Interviews College Radio | Political | War | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of War News Radio Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of War News Radio Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of War News Radio Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Reporting Under Fire This week on War News Radio, we hear about the survival tactics of journalist interpreters in Iraq, and how they escape from the war zone. We also hear about the Iraqi reporters who stay, and the challenges that one of them faced. These stories, plus the week’s war news, from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apocalypse Now? This week on War News Radio, we hear how a surge in Shi’a apocalyptic belief is changing the politics of mosque bombings. Listen now to the extended report by Sonny Sidhu and Will Godwin. We also meet Josh Rushing, a former U.S. Marine Captain who is now a correspondent for Al Jazeera English. Listen now [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One Step Forward 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 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website High Budget, Low Budget 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 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stay the Course: Take Two? Despite mounting pressure to start withdrawing U.S. forces, President Bush announced this week his decision to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq. This week on War News Radio, we examine the president’s latest war plan for Iraq. Is it a change in policy, or just more of the same? Listen now to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website At the Frontline This week on War News Radio, we hear the voices of U.S. forces and the individual stories of those serving in Iraq. First, is it the fast road to citizenship that inspires non-citizens to enlist in the U.S. army, or is it patriotism? Listen now to this report from Aaron Schwartz & Hansi Lo Wang. And, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unembedded This week on War News Radio, we speak with three photojournalists in Iraq who report perspectives that their colleagues embedded with the US military sometimes miss. Listen now to Clare Kobasa’s report. Then, we hear about an American medical unit that is teaching First Aid to local Iraqis. Listen now to Emily [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Art and Artifacts This week on War News Radio, we look at art in Iraq - above ground and below.We investigate the market for illegal artifacts from Iraq. Listen now to this report from Hansi Lo Wang and Shelley Salant.We also hear the story of an Iraqi artist who found beauty in a city under siege. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It’s the War, Stupid Just a few days before the election, a new poll shows that Iraq, above all else, will determine who goes to Washington. This week on War News Radio, we analyze the military mindset. How do soldiers and veterans see politics? Listen now to this report from Cyrus Stoller and Emily Hager. But veterans are doing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It’s the War, Stupid Just a few days before the election, a new poll shows that Iraq, above all else, will determine who goes to Washington. This week on War News Radio, we analyze the military mindset. How do soldiers and veterans see politics? Listen now to this report from Cyrus Stoller and Emily Hager. But veterans are doing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Medical Inquiry This week on War News Radio, we investigate the politics of medicine. We hear about how some Iraqi medical schools are withholding diplomas to keep doctors in the country. Listen now to Elizabeth Threlkeld’s report. Then, are militants controlling the hospitals? We talk to CBS News’ Chief Foreign Correspondant Lara Logan in Baghdad about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Music in the Air In the wake of the Taliban’s fall, music has returned to the Afghan air waves. This week on War News Radio, we learn about what the revival of music radio means for listeners in Afghanistan. Listen now to Emily Hager’s report.Then, we look in on the courtroom drama surrounding Saddam Hussein’s trials in Iraq. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Iraq and the American Voter With November midterm elections only weeks away, polls show the American public deeply divided over the war in Iraq. This week on War News Radio, we take a look at how the war is shaping election campaigns across the U.S. Listen now to this report.And, while American political candidates are busy defining their positions [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of the Summer ‘06 This week on War News Radio, a selection of reports from the summer. First, the dangers of war can strain family ties; the story of two brothers deciding whether to escape the dangers of a war zone or stay in Baghdad with their family. Listen now to Amelia Templeton’s report. And, plastic surgery [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mr. Maliki Goes to Washington This week on War News Radio, we follow Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on his trip to Washington, D.C. How was his visit received in America, in Iraq, and in the rest of the Middle East? Listen now to this report. Then, we get a glimpse of the secret life of an Iraqi woman [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mr. Maliki Goes to Washington This week on War News Radio, we follow Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on his trip to Washington, D.C. How was his visit received in America, in Iraq, and in the rest of the Middle East? Listen now to this report. Then, we get a glimpse of the secret life of an Iraqi woman [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Other Iraq This week on War News Radio, we take a detailed, two-part look at Iraqi Kurdistan, a region that tends to stay off the front pages of newspapers.In part one, we learn thatKurdistan has become an island of calm in the raging sea of Iraq - a place where vacationers relax and refugees find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hidden History This week on War News Radio, we take a look at the illegal market for antiquities from Iraq. Listen now to this report from Hansi Lo Wang and Shelley Salant.We also revisit the story of an Iraqi artist who managed to capture beauty at the onset of an ugly war. Listen nowto Amelia [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hidden History This week on War News Radio, we take a look at the illegal market for antiquities from Iraq. Listen now to this report from Hansi Lo Wang and Shelley Salant. We also revisit the story of an Iraqi artist who managed to capture beauty at the onset of an ugly war. Listen now to Amelia [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Under Curfew This week on War New Radio, we find out that the curfew in Iraq is more than just a damper on social life. Listen now to Duncan Gromko’s report. We also discuss the American-Iraqi effort to quell the insurgency in Ramadi. Listen now to John Williams’s report. And, we hear from two girls in Iraq who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Under Curfew This week on War New Radio, we find out that the curfew in Iraq is more than just a damper on social life. Listen now to Duncan Gromko’s report. We also discuss the American-Iraqi effort to quell the insurgency in Ramadi. Listen now to John Williams’s report. And, we hear from two girls in Iraq who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Outside Advice With momentum from the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Bush administration went into high gear trying to rebuild support for the Iraq war. This week on War News Radio, we take a look at one part of their plan - a meeting with some “outside advisers” - to see what kind [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Outside Advice With momentum from the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Bush administration went into high gear trying to rebuild support for the Iraq war. This week on War News Radio, we take a look at one part of their plan - a meeting with some “outside advisers” - to see what kind [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website al-Zarqawi: The Man and the Myth This week on War News Radio, we examine the man and the myth--Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. We speak with two biographers of the infamous leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.We also take a look at how his death is being received by Iraqis and U.S. soldiers, and how it might affect American politics.And, we find out what it's like to be a refugee in Iraq with no direction home.Finally, we speak with soldiers, commanders, and experts to see how sensitivity lessons in the classroom hold up when they are tested ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website al-Zarqawi: The Man and the Myth This week on War News Radio, we examine the man and the myth–Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. We speak with two biographers of the infamous leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Listen now to Duncan Gromko’s report. We also take a look at how his death is being received by Iraqis and U.S. soldiers, and how it might [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer--Swords and Plowshares.It's a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions, and who later discovered it was hard sometimes to pick out their enemy from the Iraqis they were trying to help. Listen now to Wren Elhai's report.We al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer--Swords and Plowshares.It's a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions, and who later discovered it was hard sometimes to pick out their enemy from the Iraqis they were trying to help. Listen now to Wren Elhai's report.We al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer--Swords and Plowshares.It's a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions, and who later discovered it was hard sometimes to pick out their enemy from the Iraqis they were trying to help. Listen now to Wren Elhai's report.We al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer--Swords and Plowshares.It's a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions, and who later discovered it was hard sometimes to pick out their enemy from the Iraqis they were trying to help. Listen now to Wren Elhai's report.We al ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer--Swords and Plowshares.It's a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions, and who later discovered it was hard sometimes to pick out their enemy from the Iraqis they were trying to help.We also hear about a group called Women ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares This week on War News Radio, while we take a week of vacation, we bring you a program first aired last summer–Swords and Plowshares. It’s a frightening and frustrating experience for many American soldiers to discover that the line between friend and foe is so hazy. We’ll hear the story of two soldiers who went [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flying in Iraq This week on War News Radio, we speak with the director general of Iraqi Airways about the airline's glory days and the challenges it is facing today.As Tariq Aziz takes the stand to testify in the trial of Saddam Hussein, we will also review the origins of the Ba'ath Party in another edition of Iraq 101.Finally, we will learn about the Iraqi literary scene and hear a sampling of the unlikely humor of a war zone. These stories, plus the week's news, from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flying in Iraq This week on War News Radio, we speak with the director general of Iraqi Airways about the airline’s glory days and the challenges it is facing today. As Tariq Aziz takes the stand to testify in the trial of Saddam Hussein, we will also review the origins of the Ba’ath Party in another edition of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judging the Press Does the mainstream media get passing grades for its Iraq coverage? This week on War News Radio, we take a step back and assess the reporting of the war.We'll hear from a US soldier who is sick of the so-called objectivity of the western media.And we'll find out how American newspapers handle images of the war.Finally, we'll see how some high school teachers are trying to get their students to cut through the spin and think critically about a war they may soon be fighting.These stories, p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judging the Press Does the mainstream media get passing grades for its Iraq coverage? This week on War News Radio, we take a step back and assess the reporting of the war. We’ll hear from a US soldier who is sick of the so-called objectivity of the western media. And we’ll find out how American newspapers handle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Iraq on Vacation This week on War News Radio, we’ll hear about how some Iraqis find rest and relaxation during wartime. And we will also revisit the question: does terrorism work? Finally, from our Iraq 101 archives, we’ll learn about the origins of the sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims. These stories, plus an Iraqi Parliament member’s take [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Non-Citizen Soldiers There are thousands of soldiers in the US military who are risking their lives for a country where they can't even vote. This week on War News Radio, we hear from two of the 37,000 non-citizen soldiers serving the US.And we revisit the issue of recruitment in the Iraqi military.Finally, an Iraqi couple tells us how the war has changed Iraq's singles scene and how the Internet has helped them stay connected.These stories, plus the week's news, from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Non-Citizen Soldiers There are thousands of soldiers in the US military who are risking their lives for a country where they can’t even vote. This week on War News Radio, we hear from two of the 37,000 non-citizen soldiers serving the US. And we revisit the issue of recruitment in the Iraqi military. Finally, an Iraqi couple [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogging From the Front The Iraq War is the first in history to be documented in real time on the Internet. This week on War News Radio, we hear from bloggers in the military about how they're using the net.Then, we find out what it’s like to be at a military checkpoint, from an Iraqi’s perspective and an American soldier’s. Finally, we speak with two U.S. soldiers who discuss the difficulty of doing humanitarian work in Iraq when you also have to carry a gun. These stories, plus the week's news, from War N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogging From the Front The Iraq War is the first in history to be documented in real time on the Internet. This week on War News Radio, we hear from bloggers in the military about how they’re using the net. Then, we find out what it’s like to be at a military checkpoint, from an Iraqi’s perspective and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Logging On With their country torn by sectarian conflict and their future uncertain, more are more Iraqis are turning to an unlikely outlet - the World Wide Web. This week on War News Radio, we learn how the Internet is fast becoming the best way for Iraqis to stay connected while staying safe.And, as high-level military officials speak out against the Pentagon's handling of the war, we hear from soldiers who tell us what impact the unprecedented criticisms have had on troops.Finally, we look into the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Logging On With their country torn by sectarian conflict and their future uncertain, more and more Iraqis are turning to an unlikely outlet - the World Wide Web. This week on War News Radio, we learn how the Internet is fast becoming the best way for Iraqis to stay connected while staying safe. And, as high-level military [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Healing Iraq Iraq is a country that needs a good health system - but the chaos that's injured thousands of Iraqis has also hit the country's hospitals and doctors. This week on War News Radio, we examine what some are calling a public health crisis in Iraq. Also, we look at a program that's trying to help Iraqi and American children understand each other by painting pictures.Finally, a rare conversation with Yousif al-Khoei, the grandson of one of Iraq's most important Ayatollahs. He discusses the pas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Behind the Walls The infamous prison at Abu Ghraib is closing. For years, it's been a symbol to Iraqis--the site of Saddam-era torture and executions, and then of American prisoner abuse. This week on War News Radio, we go behind the walls of Abu Ghraib. We speak to an American who had the job of teaching guards how to behave, and an Iraqi doctor who worked at the prison.Then, we hear what it's like for thousands of civilians working for private companies in Iraq, and for their families back at home.And Eli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three Years Later The three years since the invasion of Iraq have brought fundamental changes to the country and its people. This week on War News Radio, to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war, we talk with some Iraqis who tell us just how different their lives are today.Then, we take a look at how the US framing of the war has changed over time and if past wars tell a similar tale.We learn about the struggles victims of domestic violence and sexual assault face in Iraq from an Iraqi organization work ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Saving Electricity Restoring power to Iraq is a crucial step in the reconstruction effort. But this process is dangerous - both for workers and for politicians. This week on War News Radio, we get an update from the front lines of an Iraqi power plant.Then, we hear from an Iraqi family about the difficulties of raising kids in the middle of a war zone.Finally, Iraqi expatriate and Political Scientist Sami Zubaida tells us about the history of sectarian violence in Iraq and where he thinks the country is heade ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Country in Crisis? An attack on a revered Shi’a holy site sparked a crisis in Iraq this week. What was the reaction on the ground, and does this attack spell civil war? This week, War News Radio brings you the full story of the bombing of Samarra’s Golden Mosque. We’ll also speak with the author of an Iraqi cookbook about some of the oldest recipies in the world. And we ask a New York Imam if the recent controversy over Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammad is part of a larger clash of civilizations.T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comedy Under Fire In the midst of war, comedy can be a welcome escape from violence and conflict. The story is no different in Iraq. This week on War News Radio, we hear the jokes that keep Iraqis laughing.Also, we look at who the media is covering - and not covering – in the war in Iraq. The CEO of Iraqi Airways gives us a glimpse at the skies over Baghdad. Iraqi literature and poetry tell the tale of life before and after Saddam. And in Iraq 101 we learn the history of the Ba'ath Party and its enduring l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life in the Ivory Tower Iraq's professors have dealt with years of sanctions, looting, low pay, and endless bureaucracy. This week from War News Radio, we hear about what's keeping faculty in Iraq, or driving them away.We speak with an international expert about divisions between Iraqi insurgent groups. And, news of the holiday of Eid ul-Adha. It's a time for reconciliation, being with family, and feasting. We see how Iraqis marked the occasion.These stories, plus the week's news, from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Images of War This week, from War News Radio, Images of War. We here about the Iraqi film industry from an aspiring filmaker in Baghdad.And we look at the images Americans are getting - and not getting - of the Iraq war.Last, we visit with an Iraqi artist about how he improvised in order to keep painting through the invasion of Iraq.These stories and the week in review, this week from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taking Stock of the War This week, from War News Radio, we review the President's "Plan for Victory" and the reaction it has recieved.Also, Reuben Heyman-Kantor chats with a soldier's mother who has started her own blog.Then, Wren Elhai gets the scoop on the Iraqi Stock Exchange from its CEO.And, an update on the lawsuit filed by 8 Iraqis who claim they were tortured by American troops.These stories and the week in review, this week from War News Radio.(photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Should We Stay or Should We Go? This week, from War News Radio, should we stay or should we go? The senate and congress debate if troops should come home or sit tight in 2006. War News Radio takes a look at Congressman and veteran John Murtha's call for immediate withdrawal. We also bring you the story of Walter Jones, one of the first conservative congressmen to withdraw his support of the war. This piece was first aired June 2005. Joseph Christoff of the Government Accountability Office chats about how hard - and how ex ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Should We Stay or Should We Go? This week, from War News Radio, should we stay or should we go? The senate and congress debate if troops should come home or sit tight in 2006. War News Radio takes a look at Congressman and veteran John Murtha's call for immediate withdrawal. We also bring you the story of Walter Jones, one of the first conservative congressmen to withdraw his support of the war. This piece was first aired June 2005. Joseph Christoff of the Government Accountability Office chats about how hard - and how ex ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Should We Stay or Should We Go? This week, from War News Radio, should we stay or should we go? The senate and congress debate if troops should come home or sit tight in 2006. War News Radio takes a look at Congressman and veteran John Murtha's call for immediate withdrawal. We also bring you the story of Walter Jones, one of the first conservative congressmen to withdraw his support of the war. This piece was first aired June 2005. Joseph Christoff of the Government Accountability Office chats about how hard - and how ex ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The War, at home This week on War News Radio, we take a look at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and why, even after Vietnem, it still often goes untreated.Also, we examine the results of the recent off-year elections and how the War in Iraq played into campaign strategy.And we check in on Iraq's contravertial Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmed Chalabi, as he tours the United States.These stories and the week in review, this week from War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Next? This week on War News Radio, Iraq most likely has a constitution, but what next? Sunni politician Adnan Pachachi gives War News his prediction of key issues for the December elections.Is instability spreading to Iraq's neighbors? Reporter Reuben Haymon Cantor gets an international perspective on new friction between Syria and the US. Condoleeza Rice testifies about US military plans for Iraq, and reporter Ben Firestone takes a look at what the senate had to say in response. Then the Senate ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Covering War Coverage This week, War News Radio looks closely at media coverage of the war in Iraq. First, Jennesa Calvo-Friedman and Luke Smith bring us voices from the September 24th war protest in DC. Brooke Gladstone, managing editor and co-host of NPR’s “On the Media” comments on why it's difficult for reporters in Iraq to cover more than just car bombs. Then Joel Campagna from the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about the dangers faced by local Iraqi reporters.In a piece from our archives, M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Best of the Summer Shows"Show This week War News Radio is on vacation, taking a short break in preparation for what will be a great Fall season. In the meantime we put together four of our favorite pieces for you to listen to. First is a report on Iraqi vacations. Amelia Templeton answers the question, where do the citizens of Baghdad go to get away?Then, being a soldier in Iraq requires a dual life. Today's soldiers have a humanitarian duty, and a military duty. Trying to fulfill them both is extremely difficult, for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Militias, Media, and Maass The situation in Iraq remains as difficult to understand as always. Two women are sitting in front of President Bush's ranch hoping he can explain it to them. Wren Elhai has the story of one Philadelphia mother's role in the demonstration. In this week's show you'll also hear about militias, media, and Maass. In our first segment on the most underreported stories in Iraq, Eva Barboni sheds plenty of light on Moqtada Sadr and his Mehdi Army.Max Thompson has the story of the IMN - Iraqi Medi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Storyboarding The War While news coverage has always shaped the way we look at war, it normally takes a while for the entertainment industry to get on board. But, with the war in Iraq, that's not the case.This week, on War News Radio, two stories on the fictional version of the war. We hear about FX's new drama Over There and examine video games that put players on the battlefields of Iraq. Also, Johanna Hauser joins a Philadelphia audience trying to get some answers on the war from a visiting Iraqi priest. An ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swords and Plowshares "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" - Isaiah II In this week's show we look at both the swords and the plowshares in Iraq, and in at least one instance, how the transformation between the two occurs. The week in review will bring you up to date on the situation in Iraq. Then Eva Barboni examines the latest Gallup poll about WMDs and the popularity of the Iraq war. You'll hear the story of two soldiers who went to Iraq with good intentions...and discovered it was sometimes hard to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website (un)Civil War? This week, Eva Barboni and Anthony Cordesman assess the insurgency in Iraq. Who are we fighting, anyway? Johanna Hauser asks experts around the world: Is Iraq in middle of a civil war?In Iraq 101, Alan Smith tells the story of the coup of 1958, with a little help from a professor in the US and another in Iraq. All this, and the week in review. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terror, Trains, and Crayons This week learn how Iraq came between Joseph Wilson and Karl Rove. Then, in a piece from our archives, John Stott takes a look at the security problems plaguing New York's most important commuter hub, Penn Station. Reporter David Mann ask the provocative question "does terrorism work?" and takes a look at the many motivations behind terrorism and the outcomes it leads to. Finally, we'll hear about Iraqi artist Esam Pasha and the pieces he found and made during the occupation of Ba ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War and Peace at 120 Degrees As summer winds up to deliver its worst in Iraq, we find out how Americans and Iraqis cope with the heat.Many American soldiers comefrom areas of the country that never break triple-digits. For them, months of constant, suffocating heat can take some getting used to. But, one way or another, they've managed.For some lucky Iraqis, on the other hand, this is the time of year to go travelling and see the sights. We catch up with one tour group on their way back from the attractions to be found ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website President, Interrupted In a special edition of War News Radio we re-broadcast President Bush's speech from Tuesday, June 28th on the war in Iraq, only this time with footnotes. You'll hear the key portions of Bush's address with commentary from experts in the fields of history, rhetoric, linguistics, and psychiatry, from soldiers and Iraqi citizens, from bloggers, analysts, and even author Kurt Vonnegut. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Exit Strategies In the Week in Review: A water-main is broken in Baghdad, emboldened politicians in Washington call for a withdrawal timeline, and more violence in Iraq.Then War News Radio looks at America’s options for an exit from Iraq. We hit the streets to find the opinions of people shopping at Walmart and drinking lattes at Starbucks. That’s followed up with a more scientific Pew report on public opinion. Next, we explore the surprising turnaround of North Carolina congressman Walter Jones. At ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Custer's Last Stand In The Week In Review we hear from about everything from the latest Iraqi politics to whats happening in your neighborhood library.In our first feature Mat Loius Rosenberg reports on the Custer Battles contracting firm, an organization with a very shady reputation. Later in the program reporter Ben Morgan lets a soldier's grieving mother tell her story. These stories and more here at War News Radio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The first show of our new summer season! War News Radio is back! In today's show, hear The Week In Review. We'll tell you about Operation Lightning, the Downing Street Memo, and other developments from the week. We'll run a new Review each Friday. You'll also hear Tev Kelman's story of fear and miscommunication at a checkpoint in Iraq, first aired April 21. Finally, Jon Stott gives us an up-close look at the Iraqi railroad, in a piece first aired March 4. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Friday April 29th, 2005. Final Spring show Today's show examines security issues in the war on terror, including a particularly troubling lack of security at Penn station in New York, issues of border control, and the reliability of news coverage. Finally, we examine the ways in which concerns with security trump the ability of students to procure study visas. contributing reporters are Jon Stott, Maria Marcia, Alan Smith, Wren Elhai, Becket Flannery, Amelia Templeton and Ariana Nash.Though this is the last show for the spring, p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wednesday, April 27, 2005 In today's show, we talk to journalists in Lebanon and Italy about reactions on the groud in the two countries, to some of today's headlines. Also, Eva Barboni delves into the issue of civilian, Iraqi body counts, and Rozina Ali speaks to a Swarthmore College linguistics professor recently returned from Iran. Plus, today's headlines and the Arab Media Watch. Click here to listen to today's show Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website British Labour on Iraq - American Dollars At Work in Egypt Anne Kolker chats with a pair of members of the British House of Commons and finds that, though they share a party, they don't see eye to eye on the war in Iraq. Then, Wren Elhai considers how American tax dollars are now being used to provide financial support to those who say they want to bring democracy to Egypt. Click Here to Listen to Today's Broadcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 21, 2005 Tonight Tev Kelman will bring us voices from both sides of the checkpoints in Iraq.We'll also hear from reporters who were embedded with the US Military in Iraq and will explore the complications with that form of journalism.Finally, we'll investigate how the cultural divide between the United States and the Arab world is expressed through music. Click Here to Listen toToday's Broadcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April 19, 2005 Program Welcome Talking Points Memo Readers!Tonight on the show, Beth Redden takes a look at American poets who are putting their pens to work in order to express their views on the war in Iraq. Rozina Ali speaks with three Afghani women with strong views on life in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. We also hear from an American mother who tried to convince her son not to join the Marines after high school, only to see him join, serve and die in Iraq. And in our Arab News Watch, Bernadet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website