Eduardo Galeano the author most recently of Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, published by Nation Books has spent a lifetime reflecting on the lives—political, cultural, and historical—of the people of the Americas. Back in April Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez gave Barack Obama a copy of Galeano’s book Open Veins of Latin America. Today, Galeano joins us to discuss his work, the political moment, and the past and future of US-Latin American relations.

With all the talk of change in recent months can video games change the world? Some designers think that they can at least have a positive impact. Games for Change is a collaborative project aimed at making video games with a social conscience. Their 6^th annual Games for Change festival is this week. Here to talk about their work are Suzanne Seggerman, President and co-founder of Games for Change, Asi Burak, co-founder of ImpactGames and the Executive Producer of Peacemaker, and Executive Director of Breakthrough Mallika Dutt.

Finally this weeks Got Docs is Out In The Silence, about the challenges, and rewards, a small town has facing homosexuality.

Thanks to Brave New Films and In The Mo for video in tonight’s show.