BACK STORY WITH DANA LEWIS

Send us Fan Mail Sore knees?  Can't run? Bad hip? Need replacement? Shoulder injuries?  Why doesn't the body reproduce cartilage as it does when you are a teenager?  Well guess what, it does.   New research from A Stanford University study shows a breakthrough in stimulating stem cells and actually regrowth of cartilage. Maybe you won't need that knee or hip operation one day in the...

Send us Fan Mail Russia's use of Novichok nerve agent was against it's own citizen.  And it was a only by accident it was discovered by a Germany Military lab.   The poisoning of Alexei Navalny is a violation of International law, because Russia is a signatory to the chemical weapons convention.  In this Back Story Dana Lewis talks with the U.S. former Deputy Sec. of Defense Andy Weber w...

Send us Fan Mail In this Back Story with Dana Lewis -  alarming predictions President Trump, lagging in polls behind Democrat Joe Biden won't accept a loss.  This could be a disturbing violent election in a system The World thought was a beacon of freedom and democracy.  A raw and frank discussion with Political Scientist and well known Political Commentator Dr. Jason Johnson, on race relatio...

Send us Fan Mail Alexander Lukashenko struggles to cling to power after he lost fraudulent and fake elections.   He's jailed and tortured political opponents. Some have fled the Country. Others take to the streets weekly now in massive demonstrations demanding Lukashenko step down.   While Russia's Putin worries the same could happen in Russia, keeps watch and threatens to intervene to p...

Send us Fan Mail Peace talks with the Taliban are beginning again in September as U.S. President Trump is bent on reducing U.S. Troop numbers in Afghanistan.   There are not many U.S. Soldiers left there.  And Trumps desire to announce something positive during his election campaign is likely to short change the efforts since 2001 of Americans to end terrorism in Afghanistan, and stand up an indep...

Send us Fan Mail This week another shooting of a black man in America.  This time in Kinosha, Wisconsin.  More calls for police reform echo through burning streets.  Defund the police has resulted in concerns of more crime. But, a serious conversation is taking place around the issue of qualified immunity.  Legal experts say qualified immunity is a legal shield for police officers that makes it ne...

Send us Fan Mail The central opposition figure in Russia, Alexei Navalny is fighting for his life in a hospital in Germany. According to his family and advisors he was poisoned after drinking a cup of tea on Tomsk Russia, where he was campaigning against President Putin's political party in local upcoming elections.  In this Back Story with Dana Lewis we talk to Bill Browder who has led a cam...

Send us Fan Mail Aug 4 2020 - Rocked by a massive explosion Beirut was shredded.   It's infrastructure, the people and Lebanon's Government.  What happened and what's next for the sectarian Gov which has been rife with corruption and ineffective rule? On this Back Story host and creator Dana Lewis listens to Beirut businessman Dany Khoury, who explains how he's trying to help h...

Send us Fan Mail More than 7000 people in Belarus arrested in the few days of violent protests after The Presidential election.   President Lukashenko has derailed democracy in Belarus pulling off an election fraud that's so obvious his Country can't swallow it.  People want freedom in Belarus.   Will Lukashenko be able to brutally put them down or is he finished ? In this Back Story wit...

Send us Fan Mail Belarus, a former Soviet Country of 10 million has had a pretend democracy since the fall of The Soviet Union.  Since 1994 Aleksander Lukashenko has been President.  He's stifled free and fair elections and jailed opponents.  Until now.  Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a housewife, and mother of two, whose husband ran for President and was jailed, decided to standup and call for real...

Send us Fan Mail Authoritarian Governments are strangling media freedoms in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.  Hungary, Poland, The Czech Republic and Slovenia all have Governments choking free speech.    In July 80 journalists quit the last independent media platform in Hungary because they knew they could not report freely anymore.  Why doesn't The European Union (of which these Countries are m...

Send us Fan Mail QAnon -   is a bizarre far right conspiracy theory detailing a supposed secret plot by an alleged deep state against U.S. President Donald Trump.  A murder has been carried out by a purported follower of Q.   The ramming of a truck into the gates of the Canadian P.M.'s residence was by a man who reportedly followed QAnon.  There are now multiple people seeking congressional e...

Send us Fan Mail The American President deploys Federal Troops to U.S. Cities against the wishes of State and local officials. On Back Story Dana Lewis talks to The Chief Correspondent for the New York Times, Peter Baker. And, Former NYPD Lt. Darrin Porter on policing in America and what's the truth on law and order vs. 1st Amendment rights to protest. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Back Story with Dana Lewis, a conversation with former Member of European Parliament for The Uk, Irina von Wiese, and Political Commentator Jo Phillips.  We talk about the inequalities of The Two Londons in The Pandemic. And, BREXIT is looming.   Britain has already left Europe on paper, but in reality the border closes at the end of 2020.  If The UK isn't...

Send us Fan Mail Trumps support has evaporated.   Key voting demographics are against him in 2020 including the all important working women's vote.  Democrat Leader Joe Biden is set to become America's next President in the 2020 election. We talk to famed pollster Stanley Greenberg. And National Political reporter Michael Shure, with fantastic insight and commentary on the question will...

Send us Fan Mail Warning! 239 scientists from 32 Countries have written a joint letter to the World Health Organization saying they have it wrong.   That guidance on Covid19's spread is wrong. The W.H.O. says the virus is spread by heavy droplets emitted by a cough or sneeze and quickly fall to the floor or ground. But many scientists now believe the virus is airborne, staying in the air in e...

Send us Fan Mail President Putin is here to stay until 2036.   Russia is deep in shadowy covert operations designed to drive a wedge between Western powers, and even divide Countries internally.  Is Donald Trump in Putin's pocket?  Did Russia sponsor paid bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan?  Britains departure from Europe, encouraged and paid for in part by Russia? And what will Put...

Send us Fan Mail Israeli P.M. Netanyahu and President Trump, have pushed a proposal to annex The Jordan Valley and parts of the West Bank forever.   Now ... Netanyahu says in order to make peace with UAE he will DELAY the annexation but the deal “remains on the table”. From Jericho, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, tells BACKSTORY's Dana Lewis if Israel proceeds it will inflame and d...

Send us Fan Mail Looming unrest in Russia.   Experts believe President Putin's popularity is in a nose dive because of Covid19, low oil prices, rising unemployment, broken businesses, disappointment and dissatisfaction with The Kremlin.    The referendum to extend Putin's stay in power is being rushed because The Kremlin knows that unrest is likely to boil over by the fall into street pr...

Send us Fan Mail Tens of thousands of summer camps are cancelled because of Covid19.   Millions of children have been locked in their homes for months.   No school.  Slim chances to socialize.  And these are critical years for young people to learn through play and adventure. How do children learn through adversity and being uncomfortable? And what happens when you take all that away? Join the hos...

Send us Fan Mail The White House has leaked the not so secret intention, to pull U.S. troops out of Germany.  1/3 of American forces based in Germany will go home.  It has rattled NATO, angered Germany, and perplexed the Pentagon.  Why?  Because U.S. troops in Europe serve America's interests especially at a time of tensions with Russia.  In this BACKSTORY Dana Lewis talks with highly respect...

Send us Fan Mail Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the calls for "defund the police" have echoed across America.   Black Lives Matter say police reform has repeatedly failed.  And they want police budgets slashed and police officers replaced with social workers who won't use force.   Minneapolis has already said they will defund police.   Will it work elsewhere? Jo...

Send us Fan Mail American President Donald Trump recently boasted about a new "super duper missile".  While Russia President Vladimir Putin talked of his Countries superior nuclear forces. Russia has now changed it\s nuclear doctrine to include the use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with NATO.   And China too is stepping up production of nuclear stockpiles. Nuclear arms control agreeme...

Send us Fan Mail 2020, in the middle of lockdowns from a pandemic, how do we remember one of the greatest battles of WW2?   The D-Day Normandy Invasion led by soldiers which included Canadian Troops storming Juno Beach.   Heroic, sacrifice, and victory on the long road to Berlin.   We speak to Author/Historian David O'Keefe and 95 yr old veteran of the Winnipeg Rifles, Jim Parks.  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has ignited demonstrations and riots across America. It's time again to reform policing but where to start? Whats gone wrong?   We talk to 3 experts on Police. 2 of them former officers. And our other guest heads up The NYU policing project.   Support the show