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Take Note: Mia Bloom on Women Terrorists

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Mia Bloom talks about failed bombers and why they change their minds and about what the U.S. should be doing to combat terrorism.

From our Take Note archives, our June 2012 interview with Mia Bloom, then a fellow at the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State.  She is now a professor of Security Studies at the University of MA, Lowell. 

She's a leading expert on suicide terrorism and a frequent consultant to the military, policy makers, and the media.  She is the author of "Dying to Kill," one of the pioneering works in the field.  Her most recent book is "Bombshell: Women and Terror." 

Patty Satalia was a senior producer/host for WPSU-TV and FM from 1987 to 2017. Prior to joining Penn State Public Broadcasting, she worked in commercial television in Pittsburgh, first as a film editor and fill-in capsule news anchor for WPGH-TV, and later, for WPTT-TV as public affairs director and co-host of the talk-show, People, Places and Things.