Melissa Labonte went on a 10-day research trip to Sierra Leone. She came back with a shakedown survival story and a renewed distaste for the movie "Blood Diamond." Also, Sarah Gambito on this year's Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat, and how it all began. Influences include: Donald Trump.

Director of the Forum on Law, Culture and Society at Fordham Law (http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/) Thane Rosenbaum speaks with Former New York Governor, political commentator and CNN host Eliot Spitzer.