The Connection; Kla

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Series
The Connection
Episode
Kla
Producing Organization
WBUR (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Public Radio International
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-qz22b8wn8h
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Description
Episode Description
This is "KLA" as described above. In addition to Florian Krasnici and Stacey Sullivan, filmmaker Dan Reed joins the conversation. They also take calls from listeners.
Series Description
"The Connection is a live call-in talk show distributed by Public Radio International that airs on 20 stations nationally. The Connection's comprehensive coverage of the Kosovo war began with a two-hour program at the start of NATO's bombing campaign. We have done more than thirty programs on the topic; the latest an hour-long reprise in December with the New York Times reporter Steven Erlanger. Our submissions: Bombing Begins --- A two hour special featuring the military analysts Barry Posen of MIT and Steve Berg of Brandeis University and reporters all over the region. 3/25/1999 Bombing Phase II--- Military Strategy and Policy Goals: a report on the stepped up fighting featuring the NATO General in Bosnia, Michael Rose, and British military analyst Jonathan Eyal. 3/31/1999 Human rights vs Sovereignty --- featuring Barry Posen of MIT and the New York Times' Anthony Lewis. A debate over the central argument of the conflict. 4/2/1999 The Refugee Century- featuring Chaim Kaufman of Princeton [University] and Christopher Merrill, author of The Old Bridge. 4/6/1999 KLA --- a discussion about the Kosovo Liberation Army with its top US fundraiser, Florin Krasnici, and Stacey Sullivan, a reporter who traveled with the KLA. 4/9/1999 Noam Chomsky --- a discussion of the great ornithological miracle, Vietnam doves who've become Kosovo hawks. US policy goals and means as understood by the MIT scholar and critic of US foreign policy. 4/12/1999 Kosovo diplomacy- an update with Ian Black, the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Roger Cohen of the New York Times, and Stanley Hoffman from Harvard University. 6/9/1999 Serbian Opposition --- featuring the Serbian historian Alexa Djilas, and a prominent leader of the Serbian opposition, Zarko Korach 7/7/1999 Kosovo: A review of the goals, the accomplishments, and the costs of the war with Steve Erlanger of the New York Times. 12/8/1999"--1999 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1999-04-09
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:54:33.840
Credits
Krasnici, Florin
Sullivan, Stacey
Executive Producer: McGrath, Mary
Host: Lydon, Christopher
Producing Organization: WBUR (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Producing Organization: Public Radio International
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-9f241a809fc (Filename)
Format: 1/4 inch audio cassette
Duration: 1:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “The Connection; Kla,” 1999-04-09, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 4, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-qz22b8wn8h.
MLA: “The Connection; Kla.” 1999-04-09. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 4, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-qz22b8wn8h>.
APA: The Connection; Kla. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-qz22b8wn8h