Fresh Air, Suzanne Geffen Mintz and Pete Earley, January 30, 2008 (Nonfiction‪)‬

Hear National Caregivers Association president and co-founder Suzanne Geffen Mintz and journalist Pete Earley on this edition of Fresh Air.


Suzanne Gefffen Mintz is a caregiver to her husband, who has multiple sclerosis; she is also the author of the book A Family Caregiver Speaks Up: It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard.



Then, Pete Earley, who's new book is Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America after the End of the Cold War. Former Russian spy Sergei Tretyakov ran Russia's post-Cold War spy program in America from 1997 to 2000. He defected in 2000. In fact, he had been a double agent for the FBI. Earley is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the author of eight works of nonfiction and three novels. [Broadcast Date: January 30, 2008]