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The author visited Afghanistan's Korengal Valley five times in 2007 and 2008 as a reporter embedded with part of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade as it attempted to thwart the Taliban in rough mountain terrain.

American journalist David Rohde escaped last year from a Taliban stronghold in northern Pakistan after being held for seven months. It's the same region where the suspected Times Square bomber reportedly trained. Rohde, who is currently on leave from The New York Times, explains the conflicted history of the region.

What kind of impact will the War in Iraq have on the future of the Middle East? What's at the root of the conflict between Shiites and Sunni Muslims? We speak to Anthony Shadid from the Washington Pos

The Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Goldman Sachs hinges on whether the Wall Street titan should have told its customers more about the derivatives it was selling them. But The New York Times' Gretchen Morgenson wonders whether the rating agencies and those who bought the derivatives should have done more homework.

Before "True Blood" and its multiple Emmy's, there was Charlaine Harris' delightfully campy Sookie Stackhouse series. Harris will be on These Days this Thursday to discuss her tenth book, "Dead in the Family," and Culture Lust contributor Meredith Hattam explains why the series is worth a spot on your reading list. Spoiler alert!

The push is on to build more in downtown San Diego with more tax money. Is this a lead up to a new charger stadium there?

For the first time since World War II, there's a chance that horse racing will be canceled this year in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The state's thoroughbred industry is mired in debt and tangled in a fierce political battle in Albany. Without a $17 million dollar bridge loan from the state, the season could be called off, devastating the region's economy.

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Comic Book Adaptation Splits the Critics

On this Film Club of the Air, we'll talk about a new documentary from a notorious and anonymous graffiti artist, the controversy surrounding "Kick-Ass," and the new film from Nicole Holofcener, "Please Give."