Midmorning Weekend

Daniel Silva
Novelist Daniel Silva.
Photo by John Earle

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

Segment 1: A spy novelist's romantic world
Romance. Espionage. Parisian cafes and back alleys in Berlin. These are the elements that make the novels of Alan Furst among the best in the spy genre. He joins Midmorning to discuss his latest novel, and his fascination with World War II-era Europe. (Original Program)


Segment 2: The Rosenbergs, revisited
The younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg came face to face with an uncomfortable revelation recently: that his father was guilty of spying for the Soviet Union. Both Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to pass atomic secrets to the Soviets in 1953. And for most of his life Robert Meeropol believed his parents were not spies. (Original Program)


Segment 3: Love and espionage
Novelist Daniel Silva takes his art restorer/ assassin protagonist on another thriller ride in his latest book, "The Defector." Besides being a spy story, Silva says the book is also a love story.

(Original Program)

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