Recent Programs
Show 1043: Korean Unification
- join host Dennis Wholey for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Jae-Joung Lee, South Korea's Minister of Unification, along with a look at three exciting inter-Korean projects.
Show 1042: Korea-US Free Trade Agreement
- join host Dennis Wholey for a look at the pending Free Trade Agreement between the United States and South Korea. Interviews include Amb. Jong-Hoon Kim, Chief Negotiator for the Korea-US FTA; Jeffrey Jones of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea; and Deputy Minister Hong Young-Pyo of the Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy.
Show 1040: Song Min-Soon
- join host Dennis Wholey for an exclusive one-on-one conversation with South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Song Min-Soon.
Show 1038: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Chariman of the Committee on Ways and Means & Author of the new book "And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since".
Show 1037: The Virtues Project
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about The Virtues Project, "providing empowering strategies that inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life", with Dara Feldman - Founder of The Heart of Education.
Show 1035: Poverty In America (Part 2)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the second of two roundtable panel discussions on poverty in America. Guests include: Angela McGlowan of Fox News, Steve Aiello of Hill & Knowlton, Peter Edelman of the Georgetown University Law Center, Meredith Dodson of Results, Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution, and David Jones of the Community Service Society of New York.
Show 1034: Poverty In America (Part 1)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the first of two roundtable panel discussions on poverty in America. Guests include: Angela McGlowan of Fox News, Steve Aiello of Hill & Knowlton, Peter Edelman of the Georgetown University Law Center, Meredith Dodson of Results, Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution, and David Jones of the Community Service Society of New York.
Show 1033: Arch Lustberg
- join host Dennis Wholey for a look at the positive and negative aspects of the top three leading contenders for President in both the Republican and Democratic parties. Joining Dennis is communications guru Arch Lustberg of Arch Lustberg Communications.
Show 1032: Peter Eisner
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Peter Eisner, DC Political Editor at the Washington Post & author of “The Italian Letter".
Show 1031: Martha Raddatz
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Martha Raddatz, Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News & author of "The Long Road Home".
Show 1030: David Williams
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with David E. Williams, Vice President for Policy at Citizens Against Government Waste.
Show 1029: Michael Kahn
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company & Curator of the "Shakespeare In Washington" festival currently running in our nation's capital.
Show 1027: Guy Caruso
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about energy usage, resources, and policy in America with Guy Caruso, Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
Show 1026: Steve Tattum
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about literacy and learning disabilities with educator and reading specialist Steve Tattum.
Show 1025: Ralph Nader
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with attorney and Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, author of the new book "The Seventeen Traditions".
Show 1024: Peter Brookes
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about terrorism with Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
Show 1023: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Senator Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island, about the war in Iraq, terrorism, and the 2008 election cycle.
Show 1022: Bobby Hebb
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation
with legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Bobby Hebb who discusses his performing career.
Show 1020: Art Buchwald
- as a tribute to the late humorist and writer Art Buchwald, join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation from our show archives. Recorded in January of 1993, this interview shows why Art Buchwald was admired by readers all over the world for his wit, intellect, and social commentary. Please enjoy.
Show 1019: J.C. Watts, Jr.
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with former United States Representative J.C. Watts, Jr. about the new Congress, accountability, and leadership.
Show 1018: Homeless (Part 2)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the second of two roundtable discussions on homelessness. Joining Dennis are Michael Stoops, Acting Exec. Dir. of the National Coalition for the Homeless; Laura Thompson Osuri, Exec. Dir. of “Street Sense”; and Phillip Howard, Jesse Smith, Corey Bridges, and Brenda Lee-Wilson - four currently homeless vendors of the Washington, DC based street newspaper “Street Sense”.
Show 1017: Homeless (Part 1)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the first of two roundtable discussions on homelessness. Joining Dennis are Michael Stoops, Acting Exec. Dir. of the National Coalition for the Homeless; Laura Thompson Osuri, Exec. Dir. of “Street Sense”; and Phillip Howard, Jesse Smith, Corey Bridges, and Brenda Lee-Wilson - four currently homeless vendors of the Washington, DC based street newspaper “Street Sense”.
Show 1016: Bill Press
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation about the new Congress, politics, and religion with Bill Press, host of "The Bill Press Show" & author of "How The Republicans Stole Religion".
Show 1015: Gore Vidal
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with writer Gore Vidal, author of the new memoir "Point to Point Navigation", about his life on and off the page.
Show 1012: Lanny Davis
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with former White House Special Counsel Lanny Davis, author of "Sacandal: How 'Gotcha' Politics Is Destroying America".
Show 1011: Michael Wisskopf
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with TIME Magazine Senior Correspondent Michael Weisskopf, author of the new book "Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57".
Show 1010: Cultural Diplomacy
- join host Dennis Wholey for a panel discussion on the idea of Cultural Diplomacy, with: Jerome Barry of The Embassy Series, Ambassador Claudia Fritsche of Liechtenstein, Carl Colby of The Meridian International Center, and Jill Eynon of The Hospitality and Information Service.
Show 1008: "Just War, Lasting Peace"
- join host Dennis Wholey for a discussion of the concept of a "just war" with Mohammed Abu-Nimer of American University (author of "Nonviolence And Peace Building In Islam"), Marie Dennis of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Rabbi Barry Freundel of Kesher Israel in Washington DC, John Kleiderer of the U.S. Jesuit Conference.
Show 1007: 2006 Midterm Election
- join host Dennis Wholey for a discussion of the 2006 midterm election results with E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post Writers Group, Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune, Washington Bureau Chief of TVBS Erich Shih, and Ben Wattenberg of the American Enterprise Institute & host of "Think Tank".
Show 1006: Deepak Chopra
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with Deepak Chopra, author of the new book "Life After Death".
Show 1005: Heather Raffo
- join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation about Iraq and a powerful new one-woman play, "9 Parts of Desire", with its playwright and actress Heather Raffo.
Show 1004: Rev. Barry W. Lynn
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State as well as author of the new book “Piety and Politics”.
Show 1003: On Being an American (Part 2)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the second of two roundtable discussions of “what it means to be an American”.
Show 1002: On Being an American (Part 1)
- join host Dennis Wholey for the first of two roundtable discussions of “what it means to be an American”. Mona Charen, Syndicated Columnist; Reg Weaver, National Education Association President; Janet Murguia, President and CEO of The National Council of La Raza; John Podesta, President and CEO of The Center of American Progress and former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton; Kenji Yoshino, Professor and Dean at Yale Law School; and Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, celebrating his twentieth year in the Supreme Court, share a lively conversation about what it means to be an American, what their own American experiences have been, and what our collective identities as Americans are.
Show 1001: Thomas E. Ricks
- join host Dennis Wholey for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Pentagon Correspondent for the Washington Post & bestselling author of "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq".