North Korea

By Liane Hansen

Published December 14, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

Host Liane Hansen talks with Walter Russell Mead, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about American policy toward North Korea, one member of the so-called "axis of evil," which drew attention this past week by delivering a shipment of Scud missiles to the Persian Gulf state of Yemen.

Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.