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Piece Description
Greg Palast, BBC television reporter & author of NY Times bestseller, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," speaks about his latest book "Armed Madhouse; From Baghdad to New Orleans - Sordid Secrets & Strange Tales of a White House GONE WILD." He spoke in Santa Fe on April 29, 2007. The show opens with a poem by Taos Pueblo poet Coral Bernal "Victims of Erosion." Palast relates national election shenanigans to local corruption issues in New Mexico. He details the amazing story of the mishandling of Katrina evacuation and aid to the city of New Orleans.
Broadcast History
Aired May 6, 07 KVOT, Taos, NM. The event was broadcast live by KUNM on Apr 29, 07