http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wmNQ5wHfc

 

Bill Carter speaks about his experience living in Sarajevo during the War in Yugoslavia in the 1990s as well as getting involved with U2 and using media to tell stories. Bill is truly a fascinating person, easy-going and one of the best interviews I've ever done, a class favorite.

About the Guest

Bill Carter is a humanitarian, activist, journalist, author, filmmaker and academic.

Bill Carter Website

http://www.billcarter.cc

http://www.boombustboombook.com

Bill Carter Twitter & Facebook

https://twitter.com/billcarter

https://www.facebook.com/billcarterauthor

Bill Carter Books & Film

Miss Sarajevo

http://www.billcarter.cc/#!__films/vstc6=home-matrix

Fool's Rush In

http://www.amazon.com/Fools-Rush-True-Story-Redemption/dp/0982433298/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Red Summer: The Danger and Madness of Commercial Salmon Fishing in Alaska

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Summer-Madness-Commercial-Fishing/dp/098243328X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World

http://www.amazon.com/Boom-Bust-Story-About-Copper/dp/1936182564/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Related Links

An excellent short interview, mentioned during our talk, with Bill at Dublin's MojoCon 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ewG_rbv18

The material I used to provide both perspectives on the War in Yugoslavia to students included:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEYQ46gH08

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)