Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

The relationship between nations in northeast Asia was already strained when North Korea signalled this week that it may test-launch a missile. We look at how a potential launch could impact both the region and U.S. security interests.

Major League Baseball sustained another drug-related bombshell after an obscure pitcher was caught using Human Growth Hormone (HGH). We look at loopholes in the current drug testing regime, and the difficulties of ridding baseball of...

His career inspired George Clooney's character in "Syriana." Now, former CIA spymaster Robert Baer brings us a possible alternate history of the events leading up to 9/11 in his first fictional novel, "Blow the House Down."