Conversations with Allan Wolper

["Dr. Brian Fallon is the director of the Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Research Center at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Fallon says each year hundreds of thousands of Americans are bitten by ticks and coming down with Lyme and other tick borne diseases. He says that vacation hot spots like Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Martha's Vineyard, Northern California, Western Massachusetts, and Vermont all are dealing with tick infestations. He warns that walks in the woods, picking blue berries, or cavorting in a pile of leaves, can be hazardous to your health.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Dr. Brian Fallon is the director of the Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Research Center at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Fallon says each year hundreds of thousands of Americans are bitten by ticks and coming down with Lyme and other tick borne diseases. He says that vacation hot spots like Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Martha's Vineyard, Northern California, Western Massachusetts, and Vermont all are dealing with tick infestations. He warns that walks in the woods, picking blue berries, or cavorting in a pile of leaves, can be hazardous to your health.")])]

Kejal Vyas is the regional correspondent in South America for The Wall Street Journal. He recently moved to Bogota, Colombia, after spending five years in Caracas, a city considered the most violent in the world. Vyas explains in detail how he survived in a place where people drive through stop lights to avoid being held up, where police are killed for their weapons and residents are urged to stay in their homes after seven at night, even in upscale neighborhoods.

['Kejal Vyas is the regional correspondent in South America for The Wall Street Journal. He recently moved to Bogota, Colombia, after spending five years in Caracas, a city considered the most violent in the world. He explains in detail how he survived in a place where people drive through stop lights to avoid being held up, where police are killed for their weapons and residents are urged to stay in their homes after seven at night, even in upscale neighborhoods.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Kejal Vyas is the regional correspondent in South America for The Wall Street Journal. He recently moved to Bogota, Colombia, after spending five years in Caracas, a city considered the most violent in the world. He explains in detail how he survived in a place where people drive through stop lights to avoid being held up, where police are killed for their weapons and residents are urged to stay in their homes after seven at night, even in upscale neighborhoods.')])]

George McDonald and Harriet Karr-McDonald are the founders of the Doe Fund, a non-profit organization that trains and houses homeless men in New York City and Philadelphia who are "Ready, Willing and Able" to work. The men are ex-drug addicts, ex-offenders and military veterans transitioning back into society. The organization was named in honor of a homeless woman known as "Mama Doe" who died of exposure on Christmas Morning 1985 in Grand Central Terminal.

['George McDonald and Harriet Karr-McDonald are the heart and soul of the Doe Fund, a non-profit organization that trains and houses homeless men in New York City and Philadelphia who are "Ready, Willing and Able" to work. The men are ex-drug addicts, ex-offenders and military veterans transitioning back into society. The organization was named in honor of a homeless woman known as "Mama Doe" who died of exposure on Christmas Morning 1985 in Grand Central Terminal.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'George McDonald and Harriet Karr-McDonald are the heart and soul of the Doe Fund, a non-profit organization that trains and houses homeless men in New York City and Philadelphia who are "Ready, Willing and Able" to work. The men are ex-drug addicts, ex-offenders and military veterans transitioning back into society. The organization was named in honor of a homeless woman known as "Mama Doe" who died of exposure on Christmas Morning 1985 in Grand Central Terminal.')])]

['Joanna Wolper has uncovered the hideout and identity of a man who could be Santa Claus. Hewas last spotted in the Middlebury, Vermont area. Joanna, a New York Emmy award winning writer and documentary filmmaker, wrote about herinvestigation in a children\'s book called, naturally, "The Man Who Could Be Santa." The book was based on a true family adventure. It\'s web site,is at www.themanwhocouldbesanta.com. It features \nthe real children in the story. The music and lyrics were written and performed by Gabrielle Gewritz.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Joanna Wolper has uncovered the hideout and identity of a man who could be Santa Claus. Hewas last spotted in the Middlebury, Vermont area. Joanna, a New York Emmy award winning writer and documentary filmmaker, wrote about herinvestigation in a children\'s book called, naturally, "The Man Who Could Be Santa." The book was based on a true family adventure. It\'s web site,is at www.themanwhocouldbesanta.com. It features the real children in the story. The music and lyrics were written and performed by Gabrielle Gewritz.')])]

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson lost his battle with cancer in October of 2016. Thompson was 50. Thompson made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. Thompson's enduring legacy includes the formation of a Conviction Review Unit which overturned the wrongful imprisonment of 21 people, winning national applause and attention. Thompson won international notice in private practice when he represented a hotel housekeeper who alleged

["Ken Thompson, who recently died at 50 of cancer, made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. Thompson's enduring legacy includes the formation of a Conviction Review Unit which overturned \nthe wrongful imprisonment of 21 people, winning national applause and attention.\nHe won international notice in private practice when he represented a hotel housekeeper who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund. Strauss-Kahn was poised to run for President of France.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Ken Thompson, who recently died at 50 of cancer, made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. Thompson's enduring legacy includes the formation of a Conviction Review Unit which overturned the wrongful imprisonment of 21 people, winning national applause and attention. He won international notice in private practice when he represented a hotel housekeeper who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund. Strauss-Kahn was poised to run for President of France.")])]

Dr. Michael Crane treats the selfless 911 responders who came to New York City from all over America to help the victims of the horrific attack on the World Trade Center that cost 2996 people their lives. Dr. Crane, who directs the World Trade Center Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, says the religious and moral lessons he learned growing up was behind his desire to counsel and help those first responders. It was what he thought about when he first saw the towers

['Dr. Michael Crane directs the World Trade Center Health program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai that treats the devastating medical and psychological problems of the first responders to the 9/11 attack. \nThe interview recently won an Associated Press award for public service. Congress finally allocated the money needed to to renew the James Zadroga 911 Health and Compensation Act that provides funds to treat the first responders. The law is named after a New York City detective who who died after spending more than 450 hours at Ground Zero.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Dr. Michael Crane directs the World Trade Center Health program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai that treats the devastating medical and psychological problems of the first responders to the 9/11 attack. The interview recently won an Associated Press award for public service. Congress finally allocated the money needed to to renew the James Zadroga 911 Health and Compensation Act that provides funds to treat the first responders. The law is named after a New York City detective who who died after spending more than 450 hours at Ground Zero.')])]