The Talk Back Weekly Line-Up, August 24 – 28

Sharpen your number two pencils because it's "back to school" week in Missoula. Stay at the head of the class by tuning in to our excellent Talk Back line-up this week.

On Monday, we will start the week with Health Talk. This time we will be speaking with Mark Wakai, Regional Chief Operations and Strategy Officer for Providence Health and Services.

On Tuesday, we will speak with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. Wilkerson is a supporter of the Iranian sanctions relief/ nuclear monitoring deal proposed by the P5+1 countries. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Needless to say, he has a deep background in foreign affairs.

On Wednesday, we will speak with the World Affairs Council and special guest Abhishek Chatterjee. Chatterjee is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Montana. His primary research interests are comparative and international political economy.

On Thursday,we will speak about crude oil exports with Tracee Bentley from the American Petroleum Institute. Bentley wants the U.S. to allow more robust crude oil exports.

On Friday, we will speak briefly with Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst. After that, we will have open phones.