Bill Gates' Push to Stamp Out Polio
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation releases its annual letter today, outlining goals for the coming year. On the list? Getting rid of the once-dreaded disease, polio, once and for all. Vaccines reduced the disease in this country by 99%, but it still erupts in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Host Neal Conan talks with Bill Gates, on the final eradication of polio.
The Opinion Page
The uprising in Egypt is notable because, unlike many mass demonstrations in the Middle East, the protesters are not denouncing the United States. American officials have not fully embraced the demonstrators. But
Time magazine editor-at-large Romesh Ratnesar tells Neal Conan the Obama administration should not fear the instability democracy may bring to Egypt — they should embrace the change underway.
A "New Era" For Egypt
As the protests in Egypt continue, calls for President Hosni Mubarak to step down have increased. The Egyptian army is patrolling the streets, and American tourists are being evacuated. The world is watching events in Egypt and trying to understand what the the unrest might mean for political stability in the region. Host Neal Conan will get the latest from Hannah Allam, McClatchy newspapers' Cairo bureau chief and former Ambassador to Egypt and Israel, Daniel Kurtzer.
Harlem is Nowhere
Harlem has served as both an incubator for African-American optimism and for ongoing racial conflict. In her first book
Harlem Is Nowhere, author Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts presents Harlem as a place with dueling legacies of triumph and misfortune in America, with the reality somewhere in between. She talks with host Neal Conan about what has given Harlem such an enduring presence in the nation's cultural memory.
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