Bill Carter speaks about his experience living in Sarajevo during the War in Yugoslavia in the 1990s as well as getting involved with U2 and using media to tell stories. Bill is truly a fascinating person, easy-going and one of the best interviews I’ve ever done, a class favorite.
About the Guest
Bill Carter is a humanitarian, activist, journalist, author, filmmaker and academic.
Bill Carter Website
http://www.billcarter.cc
http://www.boombustboombook.com
Bill Carter Twitter & Facebook
https://twitter.com/billcarter
https://www.facebook.com/billcarterauthor
Bill Carter Books & Film
Miss Sarajevo
http://www.billcarter.cc/#!__films/vstc6=home-matrix
Fool’s Rush In
http://www.amazon.com/Fools-Rush-True-Story-Redemption/dp/0982433298/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Red Summer: The Danger and Madness of Commercial Salmon Fishing in Alaska
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Summer-Madness-Commercial-Fishing/dp/098243328X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World
http://www.amazon.com/Boom-Bust-Story-About-Copper/dp/1936182564/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Related Links
An excellent short interview, mentioned during our talk, with Bill at Dublin’s MojoCon 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ewG_rbv18
The material I used to provide both perspectives on the War in Yugoslavia to students included:
*Podcast intro music is from the song “The Queens Jig” by “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)
