Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Barry Rosen, one of the 52 Americans held in Iran during the hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981, on President Jimmy Carter's quest to bring about their safe release.

Ari Shapiro: What leads you to say that it was ... Shapiro: So, you arrived in Wiesbaden in what was then West Germany, and Jimmy Carter, newly a former president, was there to meet you.

Then in our second hour, it's an NPR special report: "The Life and Legacy of Former President Jimmy Carter." This program features NPR's Ari Shapiro as host and reporting from NPR's Linda ...

SHAPIRO: So you arrived in Wiesbaden, in what was then West Germany, and Jimmy Carter, newly a former president, was there to meet you. What do you remember about that first meeting? ROSEN ...

Editor’s Note: The author of this obituary, longtime TNR staffer Walter Shapiro, died in July ... For me, that president was Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. After the snickers of ...