In 1993, almost thirty years ago, families were airlifted out of Bosnia to America, in a situation similar to the one faced by families in Afghanistan now. Our host, for the series Ladies Who Launch, Christine Merser, took a 12 year old girl into her home with her daughter, in much the same way American families are being asked to do now. "I have never talked to Nihada (known now as Nina) about what that was like for her way back then, but she said if her experience could help those coming over now, she would be happy to be interviewed. It was a hard interview. She was 12 when she came to live with us and we never discussed what it was like." Have a listen to hear what it was like for a young girl, plucked from the danger that surrounded her, and brought to America.

Ladies Who Launch: Immigrating from Bosnia to America. How It Feels to Welcome the Afghan Families

McLain Ward is collaborating with Old Salem Farm to run our horse shows with the highest level of competition and a new all purpose ring renovation that will challenge the finest riders and give the aspiring equestrians the kind of courses that will improve their riding.

Old Salem Farms: An interview with McLain Ward and Scott Hakim

Join Christine Merser as she shares her one-on-one interview with the legendary, literary Warren Adler - the man who named the Watergate complex in DC.
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Though he didn't publish his first book until he was 46, Warren Adler has gone on to pen over 50 novels, 12 of which have been optioned by Hollywood (including The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito; and Random Hearts - starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas; directed by Sydney Pollack).

Highlights include:
- what books can accomplish that no other art form can
- why Sydney Pollack and Harrison Ford weren’t happy when he did “the worst thing I writer could ever do”
- the role Dustin Hoffman played in bringing Random Hearts to the big screen
- Warren Adler’s Hollywood record
- how he’s decided to control his own destiny
- the 3 questions fiction writers are always asked
- why writers shouldn’t worry about exposing secrets
- on how a man who’s been very happily married for 67 years can write about such dysfunctional marriages
Warren also shares some insider's tales from Hollywood, including why they stopped production on Gone with the Wind; and which star of The War of the Roses started out a hairdresser.

Also an essayist, short-story writer, poet and playwright, Warren Adler’s works have been translated into 25 languages; he currently has 3 films and 1 television series in development.

Enjoy the interview!

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