Program 493a: Rolling Blackouts; Language to Lend; Czech Beer

Cartoonist Sarah Glidden shares the insights she gained while getting to know the Kurdish people of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Then a Dutch "language spotter" recommends interesting foreign words we English speakers might want to borrow. And tour guides from Prague explain how sharing a beer is an important part of the social fabric in the Czech Republic.

• Journalist Sarah Glidden, author/illustrator of "Rolling Blackouts" (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Linguist Gaston Dorren, author of "Babel" and "Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages" (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• Kateřina Svobodová and Jana Hronková, tour guides from Prague

• Sarah Glidden's graphic book "Rolling Blackouts" details her travels as part of a reporting crew in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with an investigative journalism group called The Seattle Globalist.
• Sarah's first graphic novel is "How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less."
• Gaston Dorren's book "Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages," was released in Europe by Profile Books in the UK, and in North America by Grove/Atlantic. His latest title is "Babel."
• Gaston Dorren's app, "The Language Lover's Guide to Europe," lists sights, shops, and oddities in Europe where language is a big part of the story.
• The website for Kateřina Svobodová includes contact information for guided walking tours of Prague.
• Jana Hronková can also be booked for private tours of Prague from her website.
• American Friends of the Czech Republic hold a Czech festival every Labor Day Weekend in the town of West, Texas.