This week on the podcast - War and Remembrance: how war changes those who fight as well as those who witness.
CBC Radio's onair bookclub Talking Books focuses on how war changes lives in many different ways. The panel starts with Alan Cumyn's acclaimed novel The Famished Loverand then moves on to other books about global conflict.
Canadian journalist Paul Watson was deeply affected by his time in Mogadishu and the photograph that won him the Pulitzer Prize. He talks about it in his book Where War Lives.
There's also a look behind the scenes of the radio show that explores what it's like for Canadians in a combat zone. The radio drama serial Afghanada is well into it's second season. Series writers Greg Nelson and Adam Peddle have regular meetings with their military advisors to make sure both the action and the issues are accurate. To ensure the Afghan characters are fully represented the writers count on a cast member for comments and translations.
You can hear comments from cast and advisors on how real experiences have affected their take on the war and how they present it on air.
Then this Sunday Nov.11th you can hear the Afghanada Remembrance Day Special on CBC Radio One at 1:05 (1:35 NT), 4:05 PT.
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My comment is from the perspective of one who waited in anguish every morning for six months to find out if my loved one fighting a war had survived the night, and as a witness to the changes caused to this loved one by war. Although my son has returned physically safe and sound from Aghanistan, I'm not sure the scars left on his young mind will ever heal. Nothing can prepare our young Canadian sons and daughters for a war fought without rules.
Posted by: Suzanne Cayouette | November 8, 2007 03:15 PM
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