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The president of the Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, joins us in studio to talk about the state of today’s unions and their power in the next elections. He's also written a book called "A Country That Works", drawing on his own experiences as a social worker, father, organizer and labor leader to talk about where he sees the need for change in today's global economy.

This program originally aired on January 31, 2007

Far more people today are surviving cancer than even a decade or two ago when a diagnosis meant a death sentence. Modern surgical techniques, new smart drugs and treatments and radiation therapy are combining to give new hope to the millions of cancer patients in the world today. A new book by world-renowned doctor and blood disease researcher Dr. David Nathan looks at both the scientific and human aspects of the war against cancer and what it means to have and fight cancer in the 21st century.

This program originally aired on May 1, 2007

Guests

• Dr. David Nathan, Former head of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, teacher at Harvard Medical School and author of "The Cancer Treatment Revolution: How Smart Drugs and Other New Therapies are Renewing Our Hope and Changing the Face of Medicine".

He's been called “Mr. New Hampshire” and our state’s “favorite storyteller”. He’s author of six books on the Granite State, the host of New Hampshire Public Television’s show “New Hampshire Crossroads” for fourteen years, and for the last sixteen years, has written two weekly columns for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. These columns tell the stories of our history and our heroes… those facts about our state that have almost been forgotten, and those ordinary Granite State citizens who do extraordinary things.

Guest

• John Clayton: senior reporter and columnist for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News, host of NHPTV’s “New Hampshire Crossroads” and author of six books including his latest “You Know you’re in New Hampshire When…”

Over 2,000 Granite State companies export products and services to 166 countries. New Hampshire-made engine parts are being sold to Canada, wall coverings gracing hotel rooms in China came from a factory in North Walpole, while the woven labels found on the back of sweaters and shirts in the biggest European clothing stores were purchased from a weaving company in Pittsfield. Last year $2.8 billion were made in New Hampshire from the sale of exports and that number is growing. Today we explore our exports, where they are, what they’re making and what the state is doing to capitalize more on it.

Guests

• Dawn Wivell: Director of the International Trade Resource Center, a division of the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
• Massood Samii: Professor of Economics and Chair of the International Business Dept at Southern New Hampshire University

We'll Also Hear From

• Don Lennon: President of Len-Tex Corporation in North Walpole, NH.
• Robert Freese: Co-owner and Senior VP of Marketing for Globe Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield, NH.

More than 150,000 women have served in war since 2003, four times as many as in the Desert Storm conflict of 1991. They are fighters, medics, drivers and pilots. They’ve been injured, maimed and killed, as well as decorated for their heroic achievements. A new book called “Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq” tells the stories of twelve of these women. We’ll talk to the author as well as some of the women featured in the book and explore how women are changing the makeup of the military.

Guests

• Kirsten Holmstedt: author of “Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq”
• Elizabeth Okareeh: Marine Corps Captain and Pilot; the first female to fly the V-22 Osprey (a tiltroter aircraft- VTOL Vertical Take Off and Landing). She has served in Iraq and will most likely be returning for service.

We'll also hear from:

• Rachelle Spors: The 23-year-old Army Specialist was a medic with the 313 Medical Company, a National Guard unit from Lincoln, Nebraska. While on her way to treat wounded Marines, Spors was seriously wounded when her ambulance drove over a stack of IEDs and mines.
• Polly Montgomery: Lt. Colonel Montgomery was the first female commander of a combat squadron in the United States Air Force. She commanded the 41st Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In Iraq, this 41-year-old pilot transported troops on and off the battlefield in C-130s (Herks). Montgomery grew up all over the country. Her father is a retired Air Force General and she is a mother.