Dec 11th, 2007 · Brothers Sergio and Odair Assad of Brazil began playing guitar together more than 40 years ago. Today, they're classical-guitar legends, renowned for their unified sound and their adventurous repertoire. The Assad brothers have just released their seventh CD.
Mar 30th, 2006 · Sergio and Odair Assad join forces in a concert from the Tisch Center for the Arts in New York. The Grammy-winning guitar duo perform new arrangements of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in G Major and Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti's "Bajao malandro."
Jun 6th, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with Middle East analyst Flynt Leverett, who's in Damascus while Syria's Baath Party holds its first meeting in five years. Leverett is author of the new book Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial By Fire and is a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.