This American Life: Tweezerman in Iraq
The always entertaining, frequently moving, radio show This American Life's recent episode "#337: Man vs. History", contains a fascinating story about the socially conscious entrepreneur Dal LaMagna A.K.A. Tweezerman and his attempt to curb the violence in Iraq:
He thought he could get the Sunni resistance to sit down with Coalition forces to negotiate a cease-fire. So he hooked up with a member of the Iraqi parliament named Mohammed Al-Dynee and headed to Baghdad and Amman, where, remarkably, doors opened to him.You can listen to the show online (and even find out how download it as a podcast) here.
Labels: activism, radio, sociallyconsious, war
posted by Another Limited Rebellion at 8:02 AM
2 Comments:
I listened to this podcast two days ago. Oh, what a story. He really thought he could do it. I was rooting for him.
I hear he's going back to Jordan this weekend to try again! Visit his website del lamagna dot com
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