Sociology of Terrorism / Women's Stage Stories

The words “terrorist” and “terrorism” have become ubiquitous to our daily news diet, and its hard to remember sometimes that it hasn’t always been this way. The frequency of terrorist activity has been on the rise lately, but the face of terrorism is also changing. The who and the why are different now than just a few decades ago. And the very definition of terrorism can change, depending on perspective. We'll talk about the evolution and sociology of terrorism with Professor Mike Smith of St. Anselm College.

The essence of women -- their motivations, their disguises, and their status is the foundation of a New Hampshire Theater Project production in Portsmouth. We'll talk with director Genevieve Aichele who brought the unusual concept to the stage, and with actor Lisa Richardson who brings several accents and characters to life.

TONIGHT'S SONG: "Canyon Girl" by the Fruit Bats. It's off their album, "Spelled in Bones"