Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
For nearly fifty years, the US has funded international radio broadcasts which some claim have aided in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break-up of the Soviet Union, just to name a few. As part of Public Interest’s on-going series on radio, an expert panel joins Kojo to discuss the history and present-day mission of organizations like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
Guests
- Alan Heil Former Deputy Director of Voice of America
- Gene Sosin Author of "Sparks of Liberty: An Insiders Memoir of Radio Liberty"; also former Director of Radio Programming for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Mark Hopkins Former VOA Bureau Chief in London, Belgrade, Meijing, and Moscow
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