Weekend Magazine: Info Equity, Cost Of Courage, And Oldest Cold Case
You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and 106.9 FM.
Liz Saint John interviews three guests every Sunday morning covering a variety of issues and topics. She talks with representatives from Bay Area non-profit organizations, documentary filmmakers, authors, and professors.
1. The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users. At their annual convention in June, members discusses access equity, privacy, and other issues of concern to librarians and the general public. Emily Sheketoff is the Executive Director of the ALA's Washington DC office. Listen to the podcast here.
2. Charles Kaiser is an investigative journalist and historian who has worked for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. His new book is The Cost of Courage, the true story of three siblings working for the French resistance during WWII. Listen to the podcast here.
3. Writer Craig Johnson describes his lead character Walt Longmire as "over"…overweight, over age, overly depressed. He's the sheriff of the least populated town in Wyoming and the star of the Walt Longmire book and TV series. Dry Bones is the latest in the book series. Craig Johnson explains how he became a writer, how he developed the main character, and how he researched the story of the oldest cold case in history.