Paul Holdengraber hosts an "Algonquin Roundtable" style discussion of war and place with Tom Brokaw and other thinkers of great merit aboard the Queen Mary 2. Tom Brokaw shares his memories of his moving visits to Normandy and Pearl Harbor: how they changed his life, and enabled him to understand the great sacrifices of ordinary people, from hometowns like his. Writer Maxine Hong Kingston helps Veterans put their memories on paper with "healing and writing workshops." Distinguished novelist Robert Stone, (*Dog Soldiers*) discusses the cultural legacy of Vietnam. Former Marine Wayne Karlin author of *War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam*, shares stories about soldier/authors on both sides of that conflict and discusses how the picture of war in the movies has evolved over the years. Writer Dana Sachs, (*A House on Dream Street*) portrays the new Vietnam as a tourist mecca with fine food and beaches. She counsels us on where to travel and explains why Americans are surprisingly welcome. Photographer Steve McCurry tells of his famous photo "Afghan Girl," and what he finds when he travels to war zones. Psychoanalyst Emmanuel Kalftal takes a tape recorder with him as he travels to the place his where his parents met, Dachau, and finds a living memorial, rather than a museum. Michael Arad, architect of the prize-wining design for the 9/11 memorial at the former World Trade Center, helps us think about the power of place in mourning. Phillip Gourevitch, editor of the *Paris Review*, who wrote "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Familes", reflects on those who suffered through the ethnic conflicts in Africa. Reporter Deborah George takes us to post war Sierra Leone to meet a young woman who will become her daughter. Finally, we travel to a small town in Cornwall, England where a young evacuee from the London blitz, now 80, found a peaceful home for life. *Liner Notes* is recorded over lunch at the Captain's table aboard the legendary Queen Mary 2, where destinations as they are and as they exist in literature, painting, film, music and myth are discovered in monthly, hour-long "Algonquin Roundtable" gatherings of notable and award-winning authors, artists, journalists and musicians. Each conversation raises themes relating to travel, such as "Falling in Love with a Place", "The Benefits of Wandering," "Lost in Translation," or "Ex-Patriot Dreams." Created by Jon Kalish and Marty Goldensohn, *Liner Notes* is hosted by Paul Holdengraber, the cultural wunderkind whose literary happenings have turned the New York Public Library into a late-night hot spot, and whose public events at the Institute for Art and Cultures are renowned in Los Angeles.
