Program 416: Irish Legacy of Michael Collins; Boxing with Cuba; Katrina Plus Ten

Journalist Gary Rivlin tells us how he's seen New Orleans change in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina. Also, Brin-Jonathan Butler describes what a decade of training with Olympic boxing elites in Havana showed him about life in Cuba, and why he's now barred from returning. And hear how the nearly century-old legacy of an Irish revolutionary leader still evokes dissention among his countrymen.

• Stephen McPhilemy, tour guide and innkeeper based in Dingle, Republic of Ireland and in Derry, Northern Ireland  
• Barry Moloney, tour guide based in Kinsale, Ireland
• Brin-Jonathan Butler, author of "The Domino Diaries" (Picador) 
• Gary Rivlin, author of "Katrina - After the Flood"  (Simon & Schuster)

• Michael Collins' Wikipedia entry.  
• Kilmainham Jail in Dublin is an important heritage site for understanding Ireland's emergence as an independent nation.   
• Barry Moloney conducts historical walking tours of his hometown, Kinsale.
• Stephen McPhilemy operates the Milltown House on the Dingle Harbour in the Republic of Ireland.    
• Brin-Jonathan Butler's documentary "Split Decision" is about Cuban boxing legend Guillermo Rigondeaux and the decisions Cuban boxers have had to make about their lives and careers.
• Gregorio Fuentes, whom Brin describes meeting at age 103, was the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea."  The New York Times wrote a tribute to Fuentes after he died in 2002. 
• Information for visiting the time warp Hemingway House Museum, near Havana.
• Gary Rivlin is an investigative journalist for The Nation.  His new book about New Orleans, ten years after the Hurricane Katrina flooding, is called "Katrina:  After the Storm," and is published by Simon and Schuster.
• Tauck Tours continues to include tours of the Ninth Ward in its New Orleans itinerary, for visitors to understand how the city was affected by the post-Katrina flooding, and what repairs still remain to be done.