Africa
Lessons From The World
This week’s program explores the important lessons that we learned throughout 2012 by visiting a variety of interviews from the past year. Past guests from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the United States all explain interesting aspects of their respective cultures and weigh in on the most crucial concerns of the day. Guests include Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong; Former Ambassador to the United States from Kazakhstan and current Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov; Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and many more.
Alyse Nelson (Vital Voices)
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, and author of the new book, Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change around the World. Ms. Nelson discusses the importance of Vital Voices’ work and shares stories of the many unique women involved throughout the world.
Ambassador Tebelelo Seretse (Republic of Botswana)
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with Ambassador Tebelelo Mazile Seretse who is serving as Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States. Ambassador Seretse explains how Botswana was once the one of the poorest countries on earth and is now a model of success on the African continent.
Amb. Ebrahim Rasool (Republic of South Africa)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Join host Dennis Wholey as THIS IS AMERICA begins its new season with an exclusive interview with United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. In this rare interview Dennis and the Secretary General discuss the volatile nature of the world and how the Secretary General compassionately attempts to resolve complex issues such as poverty, terrorism and violence against women.
United Nations Roundtable Part I
Join host Dennis Wholey as he speaks with six high profile international guests to discuss the United Nation’s goals of eradicating poverty, improving maternal and child health, gender equality, and climate change. Guests include the UN Foundation’s Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy and Climate, the World Health Organization’s Flavia Bustreo M.D., Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gitahi Kiama Ph.D, of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Thomas Stelzer, Johnson & Johnson’s Vice President of Corporate Contributions, Sharon D’Agostino, and the United Nations Development Program’s Director of Poverty Reduction Group, Selim Jahan.
United Nations Roundtable Part II
Join host Dennis Wholey as he concludes his conversation with six high profile international guests regarding the United Nations goals of eradicating poverty, improving maternal and child health, gender equality, and climate change. Guests include the UN Foundation’s Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy and Climate, the World Health Organization’s Flavia Bustreo M.D., Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gitahi Kiama Ph.D, of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Thomas Stelzer, Johnson & Johnson’s Vice President of Corporate Contributions, Sharon D’Agostino, and the United Nations Development Program’s Director of Poverty Reduction Group, Selim Jahan.
Foreign Journalist Roundtable Part II
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with journalists representing 6 countries from around the globe in New York City. Together they discuss the current state of journalism in the United States and its varied roles abroad. Guests include Paola Messana, New York Bureau Chief of the Agence France Presse, Mujeeb Lodhi, Publisher and Chief Editor of Pakistan News, Lotus Chau, Chief Reporter at Sing Tao Newspapers New York, Dr. Chika Onyeani, Editor and Chief of the African Sun Times, Teresa Cabrera, Managing Director of Diario De Mexico USA, and Garry Pierre-Pierre, Publisher of the Haitian Times.
Ambassador Walter Cutler
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with Ambassador Walter Cutler who served twice as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in addition to having served in Tunisia, Zaire (Congo), and as Ambassador-Designate to the Islamic Republic of Iran before diplomatic relations were broken in 1980. Together both men discuss U.S. Saudi relations, Wikileaks, terrorism and other crucial international issues.
Richard H. Solomon
This week on THIS IS AMERICA Dennis Wholey speaks with Richard H. Solomon, Ph.D., President of the United States Institute of Peace. Together they discuss the unique work of the United States Institute of Peace and its important efforts across the globe.