Who killed the economy?

Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson

Ira Glass

Michele Norris

The Giant Pool of Money

Ira Glass with Michele Norris asks what does the housing crisis have to do with the turmoil on Wall Street? This American Life's Alex Blumberg and NPR's Adam Davidson jointly report on how rising defaults on subprime mortgages in the U.S. became a global financial crisis. Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? This is about 60 minutes.
Source: Global Pool of Money Got Too Hungry from May 9, 2008

Nassim Taleb explains why we should expect "unexpected" economic events

Nassim Taleb, the former Wall Street trader who published a book called The Black Swan back in 2007 speaks out on the economic crisis. Nassim Taleb was born in Lebanon, and lives mostly in New York. The book argues that most economic models fail because they don't take into account rare, high-impact events that wind up driving history. (Taleb calls these events Black Swans.) The argument came out looking pretty good after the 2008 financial crisis. The short version: Get rid of debt. This is about 20 minutes.
Source: From Planet Money, Deep Read: Nassim Taleb (The Black Swan Guy) from August 18, 2010

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Exposing the crazy global food and financial systems

Raj Patel interviewed by Terrence McNally

Raj Patel has worked for the World Bank and WTO and has been tear-gassed on four continents protesting against them. Writer, activist, and academic. He is the author of STUFFED AND STARVED and his latest book THE VALUE OF NOTHING: HOW TO RESHAPE MARKET SOCIETY AND REDEFINE DEMOCRACY. This is about 52 minutes. Terrence McNally is a journalist and radio host.
Source: Q&A: RAJ PATEL, Author on August 03, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the lack of contextual explanation in U.S. media where history begins anew with each terrorist attack and how the U.S. is fighting battles that Israel started. This is about 32 minutes.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern from January 14, 2010

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Van Jones and Chris Hedges explain the times we live in

Van Jones explains the economy

New York Times best-selling author Van Jones provides a blueprint for re-tooling American industry to create pathways out of poverty and generate national economic recovery. He is an American environmentalist, civil rights activist and attorney, Jones formerly served as special advisor for green jobs for the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and senior policy advisor at Green For All. This about 59 minutes.
Source: Van Jones: The Green Collar Economy from June 14, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges discusses the pros and cons of secession movements and the near-unanimous Congressional approval of the extrajudicial assassination of US citizens.

Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. This is 24 minutes.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Chris Hedges on May 16, 2010

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America's Path to Permanent War

Terrence McNally interviews Andrew Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, served twenty-three years in the U.S. Army, retiring with the rank of colonel. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic Monthly, the Nation, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including The New American Militarism, The Limits of Power and his newest, Washington Rules.  This is 51 minutes.

Terrence McNally is a journalist and radio host.
Source: Terrence McNally interviews Andrew Bacevich on August 10, 2010


Lee C. Camp interviewed Andrew Bacevich
Lee C. Camp - Associate Professor of Bible at Lipscomb University and author of "Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World". This is 27 minutes.
Source: Lee C. Camp interviewed Andrew Bacevich on Nov. 3rd, 2008

Music includes Earth Anthem, Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife, John Denver - City of New Orleans, Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, One Tin Soldier, Queen - We are the champions, Johnny I Hardly Know You, We'll meet again

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