Hour 1
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s new book, Game Change," reports striking angles of the much-covered 2008 presidential campaign that have caused a fresh waves of headlines from what many thought was old news. Revelations including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s controversial assessment of Obama’s success owing to his lack of a “Negro dialect”; the surprising amount of tension and conflict in many of the highest profile marriages on the campaign trail, especially John and Elizabeth Edwards, Hillary and Bill Clinton and John and Cindy McCain; the Republican insiders’ apprehension at the nomination of Sarah Palin as vice presidential candidate; and much more. And garnering just as much discussion is the book’s sourcing, which relies solely on anonymous sources speaking on "deep background."

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Hour 2
The Zaballeen are the people of the poor neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, who have developed an economy from collecting the city’s trash for generations. These 60,000 'Garbage Collectors,' independent from the government, recycle about 80% of Cairo’s trash and help maintain the cleanliness of the city with a population of 18 million people. There is a new documentary on the zaballeen called, “Garbage Dreams,” directed and filmed by our guest, MAI IKSANDER who followed three teenagers and their families to get their perspective of their inherited class. We'll also talk to T.H. CULHANE, an urban planner, who has worked with the Zaballeen in installing rooftop solar water heaters and other renewable energy, water and waste management systems.

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