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jay bahadur, author of "the pirates of somalia." by the way, "pirates of somalia," worst disney land ride ever. (laughter) it's a small world, pirates of... (laughter). but before we get to that, recent weeks have seen such discord and strife here in our united states. our stagnating economy and... what's a worse word than "stagnating" for a broken political system? (bleep). (laughter) it's cost us our a.a.a. credit rating. but before we get too down, remember that in some still credit-worthy countries the third "a" now apparently stands for "arson." london is on fire! dear god! what the hell is going on over in britain? please tell me the clash reunited and they're shooting a new album cover? (cheers and applause) please? wait, i'm... hold on. i'm being told that it's not the case. >> new violence and new fires are breaking out after a weekend of mayhem. >> for a third terrible night london burns. >> riots in britain spreading beyond london to three other cities. >> it's being called the battle

jay bahadur.pplause) thanks for joining us. come and sit. thank you for being here the book is called "the pirates of somalia. the hidden world." jay, you are how old? >> i'm 27 now. >> jon: how old were you when you went by yourself to somalia to live amongst the pirates? >> well, when i started scheming about it i was 24. >> jon: as your father, i cannot allow this! (laughter) >> you know, surprisingly my parents said very little about it. which is... caused me to become concerned about it since then because... (laughter). every media interview i do people ask "what did your parents think?" and i think "never said anything." then again i never had a talk about drugs, sex, alcohol, so... neither did i have one about going to embed with vicious men on my own. >> jon: so your parents are somewhat laissez-faire when it comes to parenting? >> yeah, i guess you could say that, yes. >> jon: fair enough. it is a remarkable story. there's a great sequence that dictates your, i guess, 45-hour trip, as a 2

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so we will be back right after this. >> host: we are back with jay bahadur, the author of "the pirates of somalia in cited their hidden world." a fascinating book i had the pleasure of reading this weekend. jay, the pirates are -- i wouldn't, based on your description, call them sophisticated they are well organized in the sense that you have apprenticeship programs for the young pilots and elite pirates who attack and seize the vessel, you have the holders who stay with them and they even have their own cook they bring on board. the mother ship and then the various gifts, you have negotiators, translators, accountants. it has gotten to be fairly organized enterprise. >> guest: that's a very good way to put it, not sophisticated but organized. in the sense that there are these structures that if left to very efficiently on land provide for their negotiations. these are often the freelancers. like i was. they hire themselves out. one day i was studying held a ship called the victoria, and i go into detail in this in the book, should come on board from another gang after he finished his

. >> host: jay bahadur, thank you for the interview. it's well worth reading and for policymakers to look at to think about it. you deserve praise for your courage and getting this done. thanks very much. >> guest: thank you. >> that was "after words" booktv's signature program where authors are interviewed by others familiar with their material. "after words" airs every weekend on booktv. >> up next, jason berry looks into the financial practices of the catholic church which brings in billions of dollars annually through donations and various business deals. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. is the mic on? therefore i can move this so it's not in front of me. okay, everybody can hear? it's a pleasure to be at garden district books. i'm a client as well as a stand-up performer, and i also want to say how wonderful it is to be back in new orleans after three weeks out on the proverbial literary whistle stop in foreign countries like new york, boston, chicago, cleveland, st. louis, and elsewhere. this book is called "render

this week, jay bahadur and his first vote, "the pirates of somalia." in it, bahadur exposes hayseed hijackers, some of whom made news with a cargo ship in 2009 and later the murderer for retirees who are sailing around the world. mr. bahadur exposes how it made its way and what he believes can be done to stop them. he talks with clifford may, president of the foundation for defense of democracy. >> host: jay, let me start with you. if i understand correctly, you're 27 years old, from toronto, you are doing marketing research and you decided i want to get into journalism. we decided to do is go to somalia, research pirates and write a book about it. >> guest: yeah, used to tell people would ask for four years old i wanted to be a reporter and then i forgot about it for a number of years. and when i was at the university i came around to that way of thinking. every journalist i spoke to said if elected get ahead in today's busy quite struggling journalism market, and especially if you want a job of doing international journalism thinking around the world

. >> host: we are back with jay bahadur, the author of "the pirates of somalia: inside their hidden world" it's a fascinating book. i had a pleasure reading this weekend. jay, the pirates, based on your description i wouldn't call them sophisticated but they are will organize in the sense you have apprentice rogue rancher young pirates. you have your the pirates who seized the vessel did you have bishop holders to stay within. they even have their own cook they bring on board. then you have the various skits, negotiators, translators. you have accountants. it has gotten to be a fairly organize enterprise. >> guest: that's a good way to put the not sophisticated but organized. the are the structures that have developed. at the very efficiently on land provide for the crew, handle negotiations. these are often freelancers, like i was. they hire themselves out. one game at a specific was studying called it victoria, and i go into detail in the book was a german ownership. he had come on board from another game two days after he finished his latest assignment. so these good negotiated were in

. >> host: jay bahadur is the author of the pirates of somalia and their world. the pirates -- i wouldn't call them sophisticated but they're well organized in the sense that you have apprenticeship programs for young pirates. you have the kind of elite pirates who attack and seize the vessel. you have the holders who stay with them. they even have their own cook they bring on board. the mothership and then you have the various skiffs. you have negotiators. you have translators, you have accountants. it has gotten to be a fairly organized enterprise. not sophisticated but organized. yeah, there's these structures that have been developed very efficiently on land to provide for the crew to handle these negotiations. these negotiations are often freelancers like i was. they hire themselves out. in fact, one gang, specifically, that i was interviewing holding a ship called the victoria he had come on board from another gang two days after he finished his latest assignment. so these good negotiators were in demand. they had logistics officers who brought them food, w

this week freelance journalist jay bahadur and his first book "the pirates of somalia."e exposes the motivations of high seas hijackers some of whom made international news in 2009 and later the murder of four retirees who were sailing around the world. mr. bahadur discloses how he made his way into the pirates' inner circle and what he believes can be done to stop them. he talked

and "after words," jay bahadur is interviewed about his book, "the pirates of somalia." >>> up next, victor pickard, co-editor of "will the last reporter please turn out the lights," and a panel of experts discuss the problems facing the news industry today and what can be done to preserve it. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> so good afternoon. my name is tom glazier, and i'd like to welcome you to the new america foundation to what will be a fascinating discussion about the current state of journalism in today's media landscape. i lead our work here on media policy as part of a team housed within new america's open technology initiative. and for just under the past two years we've been considering how the changing media and technological landscape affects citizens' participation in a democracy. backdrop for our work, a report that concluded that individuals need three things to participate in a democratic society. relevant and credible information, the education needed to engage with that information, and opportunity to participate in the public life of their community. how thi

. >> host: jay bahadur thanks very much for the issue. i think the book is well worth everybody reading also important for policymakers to begin to start to think about this. you deserve a lot of praise for your courage and for getting this done. thanks very much. >> guest: thank you. .. frederick law olmstead. mr. trained to report on mr. olmstead's numerous designs which include new york city's central park in boston's emerald necklace and also, mr. olmstead's experience as a journalist and abolitionist. this is about an hour and 20. [applause] >> thank you very much. this is great fun for me. i ran classic park for 20 years than i thought i had read everything there was to know about frederick law olmstead until i read justin's boat. it is a very, very fabulous and fun book to read. i was very pleased that justin asked me to come and ask him a few questions about olmstead because i learned so much in this book. plus i learned a lot about the history of that time period, which is a fascinating time. the time before the civil war, what i