Hour 1
Individuals donors, governments and relief organizations throughout the worlds have responded vigorously to the reports of human loss and widespread destruction in Haiti. Is relief coming in quickly enough to meet the emergency medical and infrastructure needs? And how are all these efforts coordinated? Our guests include Time Magazine reporter TIM PADGETT, emergency management expert JIM KENDRA, MIKE DELANEY of Oxfam America and WHYY's SUSAN PHILLIPS reporting from the Dominican Republic.

Filed under: environment, world |

Hour 2
TAD FRIEND has been a staff writer at "The New Yorker" since 1998. From his home in Brooklyn, he writes the magazine’s Letter from California, including a recent analysis of campus protests in Berkeley, as well as short pieces such as a recent snapshot of Phyllis Diller at age 92. His most recent book, "Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor," was published by Little, Brown in September, and was selected by New Yorker writer Tad Friend as a notable book of 2009. Friend is married to the journalist Amanda Hesser, formerly the food editor of the New York Times Magazine, and was the title character in her second book, "Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover’s Courtship, with Recipes."

Filed under: author, family issues, parenting, social issues |