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"A remarkable man on many levels, Sam Brower is the real deal. Readers are apt to find his firsthand account of bringing Warren Jeffs to justice both extremely disturbing and absolutely riveting."-Jon Krakauer, from the foreword to Brower's book 'Prophet's Prey'.

In this interview with Claudia Cragg, Brower discusses his book in which the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs. He tells the tale of the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in a horrifying story of how, Sam Brower says, "a rogue sect used sex, money, and power disguised under a facade of religion to further criminal activities and a madman's vision".

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According to Campaign Manager, Jesse Lava, of BraveNewFoundation.org’s campaign, ‘Who Are The One Percent?’inequality in the US has ballooned over the last three decades as some of the wealthiest Americans have enriched themselves at the expense of everyone else. Here KGNU’s Claudia Cragg talks to Lava to learn more.

If you go to their website, you can answer give your answer to the question ‘Who are the worst offenders?’

All submissions will then be compiled and a vote will be held to decide which will be exposed on the Brave New Foundation site. The campaign revolves around just two criteria: one, nominees have to come from the wealthiest 1 percent, meaning they must have a net worth of over US$9 million, and they have to be seen to be using their wealth and power to keep down the other 99%.

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Andrew Lam is the award-winning author of 'Perfume Dreams' and 'East Eats West', authoritative novels on life in the Vietnamese diaspora. He is also a long time NPR commentator as well as a passionate activist working to end the trafficking of women around the world. Here Claudia Cragg speaks with him, and also with Betsey Coleman (a well known Denver teacher), on the importance of Lam's work in America today

Lam was born in 1964 in South Vietnam to a family of wealthy landowning farmers. The author says he led a ‘privileged life’ as the son of (South Vietnamese) General Lâm Quang Thi  of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam The General, himself a prolific author, comes from a family of Cao Dai followers, while his grandmother was a Roman Catholic.

Before leaving Vietnam, Lam attended Lycée Yersin in Dalat but fled for Guam  with his family during the fall of Saigon in April 1975. He attended the University of California, Berkeley where he majored in biochemistry only to abandon plans for medical school and ente a creative writing program at San Francisco State University. While still in school, he began writing for the Pacific News Service and in 1993 won the Outstanding Young Journalist Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

An acclaimed PBS documentary, produced by WETA, told three stories of Americans returning to their ancestral homelands, including of Lam's return to Vietnam He is currently the web editor of New America Media. He is also a journalist and short story writer. He is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

My Father's Army Uniform by Andrew Lam

"Letter to a Vietnamese cousin: Should you come to America?", December 22, 2002