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10:00Public Opinion and the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict

What leaders are saying and what people believe about the war and its outcome.

Guests

Marwan Kraidy, director of the Arab Media and Public Life Project at American University, where he is also assistant professor of international communication and international relations.

Shmuel Rosner, chief U.S. correspondent, "Haaretz"

Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes and the Center on Policy Attitudes, editor WorldPublicOpinion.org

11:00Readers' Review: "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards

Listeners join Diane to discuss one of the summer's best selling paperbacks. The book explores the secrets we harbor from those we love, our ability to rationalize lies, and our fear that there will always be something unknowable about the people we love most.

Guests

Judith Viorst, author of many books for adults and children, including "Too Young to be Seventy," "Grown-up Marriage," "Necessary Losses," "Just in Case," and "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

Lisa Page, freelance writer who teaches creative writing at George Washington University.

Ron Charles, fiction editor of the Washington Post Book World.

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