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Well it turned out to be an eventful day/night. Right out the gate a few apologies (something that almost provided a theme for the broadcast in fact). First to a blogger from Syria. We'll air her interview later on the week but tonight we just ran out of time because of some late breaking news. And also to who's interview was a minute or two shorter than planned..largely due to my whittering at the top.

We began with blogger Charles Johnson of . He's been in spearheading a blog campaign that eventually persuaded Reuters to admit that a picture they distributed of bomb damage in Beruit had been doctored. More about that story here

We took a look at whether or not Iraq was in, or heading towards a civil war. It's hard not to be moved by what Iraqi blogger had to say on the subject and the courage he shows in planning to return to Iraq. For a US perspective we were pleased to welcome blogger, former army reserve colonel, novelist and (how's that for a CV!) who was equally eloquent on the subject of where Iraq is and where it needs to go..

Taking a left turn slightly we headed to the couch of . The podcast of a retired academic psychologist David Van Nuys his interviews with an Iraqi listener Mohammed are a fascinating listen as they explored the psychological affect of conflict together.

And the second of the night came from AOL. Tech bloggers discovered the company had accidentally posted the details of some searches on the internet. Not directly identifying customers but a serious lapse nonetheless. Michael Arrington of the blog filled us in on the details.

To Cuba, not in the company of a blogger but someone who I think has a very interesting take on Citizen activism. Mae Liz Orrego works with (if I'm spelling that correctly) Mae, an exile herself living in Sweden, told us what her contacts were saying about Castro's ill-health.

Lastly we visited Israel and Lebanon in the company of two bloggers. told us of the terrible affect of the rocket attacks on people in Israel and whose secoond cousin in the Lebanese army was killed, told us of his personal loss and filled us in on more bad news from Beruit. It is a great tragedy that war divides two such charming and intelligent human beings.