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South Asian Conversations

Broadcast February 19 - March 18, 2012   An invitation to the 2012 Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka created an opportunity for Eleanor Wachtel to...

Franco's Ghosts: The Remaking of Spain

Broadcast April 17 to May 15, 2011 Madrid, on the Grand Via Since the end of the Fascist regime of Francisco Franco in 1975, Spain... Read More »

Aftershock: Chile in Transition

Eleanor Wachtel travelled to Chile to speak with some of the country's most dynamic writers, to get a sense, through their work and their personal... Read More »

Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country

In a five-part special series, Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country broadcast from April 12 to May 10, 2009, Eleanor Wachtel travels to Australia... Read More »

The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands

In our special four-part series broadcast from January 11 to 25, 2009 and February 15, 2009, The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands, host... Read More »

Mexico Unmasked

Much of what we know about our NAFTA partner is cloaked in stereotype. This four-part special series, Mexico Unmasked, which aired on Writers & Company... Read More »

Literary Panel 2007

Every December, looking ahead to the holidays, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with four writers about the books they read as children, the books that changed their... Read More »

Re-writing History: Scotland's New Century

In September to October of 2007 Writers & Company aired a four-part series, Re-writing History: Scotland's New Century. Eleanor Wachtel visits Scotland to speak with... Read More »

View From the Bridge: Turkish Writing Today

In May of 2007 Writers & Company aired a four-part series, View From the Bridge: Turkish Writing Today. In this special series, Writers & Company... Read More »

The New Face of France

In March and April of 2006 Writers & Company presented The New Face of France, a series of conversations recorded by Eleanor Wachtel in Paris.... Read More »