The pharmaceutical industry is a business, and as often occurs in business profit wins over acting ethically. Today we bring you a real-life cautionary tale that includes: a blood-building drug, 2 major drug companies, 2 whistleblowers, fraud, bribery and patient deaths.  Listen to our interview with journalist, Kathleen Sharp, author of Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever.   

The strength of the Civil Rights Movement lay in the solidarity of fair-minded Americans of other racial stripes marching with their black brothers and sisters. We were all in it together. Our guest today is Mark R. Warren, Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of "Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice".

On this edition we are pleased to be able to share with you the story of Maryknoll lay missioner Michelle Otte and her work in Mwanza, Tanzania. As Michelle explains: "here in Tanzania it's a completely different life! I work as a teacher offering supplementary education to children with HIV, or aids orphans, at the Uzima center." Join us as we hear firsthand the difficulties and the triumphs of teaching schoolchildren in a new country and a new culture.