Gloria Minott Presents...James Zogby_Episode 139

James Zogby discusses the life of Casey Kasem, but instead of focusing on his artistic career, he focused on his tireless advocacy work on behalf of Arab Americans, which Casey used his star power to promote. Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem was an American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, voice actor, and actor, best known for being the host of several music radio countdown programs, most notably American Top 40, from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009. Casey Kasem passed away on June 15, 2014. James Joseph Zogby is the author of "Arab Voices" and the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.–based organization which serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues and a Visiting Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.