The Story

Dick speaks with Gershon Baskin, the American-Israeli peace activist who helped arrange Gilad Shalit’s release from Hamas captivity in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners last year.

"They are thinking up new ways to kill people than even the most evil mind can imagine. I am going to tell you the latest story that I heard. You might now want to listen to it. It is our lives, not yours.”

After more than a decade on the run, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has finally been caught. He's now at The Hague and will likely face war crimes charges for his alleged role in the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in the early 1990s. Kemal Pervanic was one of thousands of Muslims rounded up and sent to concentration camps during the genocide under Karadzic's rule. Also in this episode, Peter Pohlhammer wrote in to tell us about his encounters with the great American baritone, William Warfield.  He tells Dick about the profound influence Warfield had on him, both musically and morally.

Nyagatare Valens left Rwanda in 1990, just before the war started. He intended to study in the U.S. and return home. Instead, he spent 17 years building a life here, grateful for his opportunities but always wondering just what his family had endured. This spring, Nyagatare realized a dream - his mother Anisie came to the U.S. for her first visit and Nyagatare finally got a chance to hear what happened.Also in this episode, the haiku of Lenard Moore.