I needed to get out of the incessant Taipei rain for a while, so I checked out the streaming audio of several American public radio stations. One was running Fresh Air. Terry Gross is my favorite interviewer. She has a great, nuanced radio voice, which doesn’t seem to go with her photograph at all. She was interviewing Al Gore, who was supporting his new book and documentary. The segment is already in the archive, so tune in for a preview of Al’s environmental message.

I enjoyed Al Gore’s earlier book on environmental issues and railed against the mudslinging that unfairly tarnished it slightly (type ‘”al gore” unabomber’ into Google to see what I mean). I plan to pick up his latest, which by all accounts is a clear presentation of the scientific evidence for global warming, when I return to the States.

Resources:

• Buy An Inconvenient Truth (Paperback) at Amazon.com
• Read about Al Gore at The Washington Post