Radio and Development

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Listen Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Conflict, Politics, Science

Guest host: Corey Flintoff

It may be the oldest broadcast medium, but radio can serve as a tool for social change in developing and war-torn countries. From schoolchildren in Kenya to mothers in Honduras to former child soldiers in Sierra Leone, we look at the unexpected ways radio is helping the world's poor.

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William A. Smith

Executive Vice President, Academy for Educational Development (AED); Co-author, "Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World's Poor" (University Press of America)

Stephen Sposato

Economist; Co-author, "Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World's Poor" (University Press of America)

John Marks

President & CEO, Search for Common Ground

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