The power of this program lies in the raw honesty of the two speakers. As they each talk about their experiences of the Vietnam War and how it turned them into anti-war activists, layers are peeled away revealing more and more of their inner spirit. George Evans is an engaging storyteller who looks back on the past in a wryful way. It's clear Lynda VanDevanter is speaking in a public forum and sometimes reading from her memoir. But the emotion which overtakes her as she reads is heart-wrenching.

The stories are interspersed with bits of evocative music that sets the tone and time. (I could've done with losing a couple of the breaks, but this is a minor point hardly worth mentioning.) This is the second program I've listened to in this series and along with reviews I've read of other pieces can highly recommend it.