The Sunday Edition
with Michael Enright
Sunday February 12, 2012
Featured Audio - Sand Queen
More American women fought and died in Iraq than in any U.S. conflict since the Second World War.
And this week, the US military announced it is easing some restrictions on women in combat, which will put more women in harm's way than ever before.
But, ironically, women soldiers are more threatened by the US military men with whom they serve than they are by enemy forces.
Guest host Alison Smith speaks to Helen Benedict. She is the author of Sand Queen, and before that, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq. Ms. Benedict teaches journalism at Columbia University.
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Ocean Ranger - Perils of Putin - Ms. Turns 40
Guest host Alison Smith sits in for Michael this week.
Hour One
More than 200,000 women served in Iraq with the U.S. military, with increasing numbers in combat roles.
Helen Benedict talked to female soldiers about their experiences, and found that Iraqi insurgents weren't their only threat. Sexual harassment and assaults by other soldiers were rampant.
Ms. Benedict is the author of the new book, Sand Queen.
Related links:
- Helen Benedict's website
- Fixing the Military's Handling of Sexual Assault - Helen Benedict, Ms. Magazine
Search and Rescue
It will be 30 years this week since the Ocean Ranger offshore drilling platform sank off the coast of Newfoundland, claiming all 84 crew members.
Search and rescue remains a way of life in Newfoundland, but the imminent closure of the Marine Rescue Sub-Centre in St. John's has many worried that services will suffer.
Merv Wiseman is a Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordinator in St. John's and the union rep at the Sub-Centre.
Related links:
- Ocean Ranger disaster - CBC Digital Archives
- Mayday - the fifth estate investigates Canada's search and rescue operations
Music in this Hour:
- Horizontal Blue, by Aaron Davis/David Piltch, from the CD Feast
- Incantation, by Jesse Cook, from Free Fall
- Newsoundsland by Aaron Davis/David Piltch, from Feast
Hour Two
Perils of Putin
The once-unfamiliar sound of political protests is being heard again on the streets of Moscow, in the wake of Vladimir Putin's decision to run for president next month.
Reform-minded Russians despair that the fix is in for another Putin victory, following last December's parliamentary elections which widely were believed to be fraudulent.
Historian and author Amy Knight and University of Toronto political scientist Lucan Way discuss the political dynamics and machinations leading up to this pivotal election, and what it says about the future of Russian democracy.
Related links:
Ms. Magazine at 40
And they said it wouldn't last. Ms., the magazine that bills itself as "More than a magazine - a movement", is celebrating its fortieth birthday this year. Guest host Alison Smith speaks with feminists of two generations: Letty Cottin Pogrebin, one of the co-founders of Ms. and her daughter, journalist Abigail Pogrebin.
Related links:
Music in this Hour:
- Lyric Waltz, by the Vancouver Symphony, from the CD Islamey
- Vissi D'Arte, by Adrianne Pieczonka, from Puccini
- Respect by Aretha Franklin, from Queen of Soul
Sunday February 12, 2012
Next Week - Katie Malloch
Jazz in Canada has had few better friends over the past 40 years than Katie Malloch. The long-time host of CBC Radio Two's Jazz beat has been an unapologetic champion of the music for her entire career.
Katie Malloch is retiring from the CBC next month. Michael talks to her next week about her career, and the music she loves.
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