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Beginning Farmers

We look into programs that help farmers just starting out. Then, we hear from a Vermont judge who’s overseeing trials in Bosnia and Herzegonvina, and we remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Interview: Paul Richardson on Alexander Solzhenitsyn

The famed Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89. The reclusive Solzhenitsyn granted few interviews, but the editor of Russian Life Magazine Paul Richardson was able to speak with Solzhenitsyn’s wife Natalya in Moscow this past spring. Richardson speaks with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb.