Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book?
Jon Wiener: I took the tour of the Nevada Test Site and wrote about it for the “Politics of Travel” issue of The Nation magazine. . . .
. . . continued at CBSnews.com HERE
L.A. Public Library ALOUD Series Jan. 15, 2013 Conversation with Amy Wilentz
Conversation with Amy Wilentz, author of Farewell Fred Vodoo: A Letter from Haiti.
L.A. Public Library ALOUD series, Downtown library, 630 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, CA 90071. Jan. 15, 2013, 7:00pm.
http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/800/Amy-Wilentz
The Leonard Lopate Show – WNYC Dec. 11
“How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America” conversation on The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC – 93.9FM, a,820 in New York City — also on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Dec. 11, 12:40-1:00pm in NYC. streaming audio & podcast:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012/dec/11/forgetting-cold-war/
UCLA History Dept.: Dec. 3
“How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America.” Talk, with comment by Robin Kelley.
UCLA Department of History, Bunche Hall 6th floor conference room. Monday Dec. 3, 3-5pm. Sponsored by the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History; Co-sponsored with US History Colloquium.
The Huntington – Institute on California and the West: Nov. 30
“How We Forgot the Cold War”: Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Fri. Nov. 30, 12 noon, Seaver Classroom 3.
PEN Center USA “Go West” Reading Series: Nov. 17
“How We Forgot the Cold War.”
PEN Center USA “Go West” Reading Series.
Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027Nov. 17, 2012, 2:00p0m.
http://www.penusa.org/go-west-reading-series-fall-events
Book Soup, Q&A with Oliver Stone: Nov. 2
Q&A with Oliver Stone, author of The Untold History of the United States.
Book Soup, 8818 West Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069
Nov. 2, 2012, 7:00pm.
Occidental College, Los Angeles
“How We Forgot the Cold War”: History Department, Occidental College, Los Angeles.April 16, 2013.
Beneath The Surface: KPFK Nov. 9
Host Suzi Weissman talks about “How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America” with Jon Wiener:
KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles, Fri November 9, 5:00pm.
archived at www.kpfk.org.
West Hollywood Book Fair: Sept. 30
“How We Forgot the Cold War.”
Panel with Bill Boyarsky, Joe Matthews, moderator.
West Hollywood Book Fair
West Hollywood Library and West Hollywood Park,
625 N. San Vicente Blvd. Sept. 30, 2012, 10:30
http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/?p=6644