About The Show
The Listening Post is a semi-regular interview program that features honest, compelling discussions with the high-profile movers and shakers of the homeland security community.
The interviews are conducted one-on-one by HSTV Executive Producer Dan Verton and attempt to bring HSTV viewers unfiltered thought and analysis of current homeland security news and trends.
This Episode: Air Date - 10/16/09
Gov. Tom Ridge: The Test of Our Times
The Listening Post is a semi-regular interview program that features honest, compelling discussions with the high-profile movers and shakers of the homeland security community.
The interviews are conducted one-on-one by HSTV Executive Producer Dan Verton and attempt to bring HSTV viewers unfiltered thought and analysis of current homeland security news and trends.
This Episode: Air Date - 10/16/09
Gov. Tom Ridge: The Test of Our Times
HSTV executive producer Dan Verton interviews Tom Ridge, the nation's first Secretary of Homeland Security, about his new book, The Test of Our Times. The former Governor of Pennsylvania also offers a candid assessment of Afghanistan's importance to America's homeland security and urges President Barack Obama to give Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. Commander in Afghanistan, the additional troops he has requested to ensure the defeat of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in that country.