Sunday, December 26, 2010

Improving United States' relations with the Middle East

Bob McChesney talks with Stephen Kinzer about RESET: Iran, Turkey and America's Future

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him "among the best in popular foreign policy." This is about 50 minutes.
Source: Media Matters with Bob McChesney talks with Stephen Kinzer from June 13, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton, the international human rights lawyer

The Other Scott Horton is a professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, and discusses the huge growth in the Department of Justice since its inception and its current questionable role as a legal defender of government crimes, the double standard where - for domestic propaganda purposes - the government can talk about hit-lists for U.S. citizens but when the practice is challenged in court the topic becomes a state secret.

The Other Scott Horton is also a member of the board of the National Institute of Military Justice, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, the Eurasia Group and the American Branch of the International Law Association. This is about 19 minutes.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews The Other Scott Horton on September 30, 2010

Source Code TV talks with Hunter Lovins about Natural Capitalism. This is about 5 minutes.
Source: Natural Capitalism Hunter Lovins



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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Steward Brand explains Ecopragmatism

Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He is the author of several books, most recently Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. This is about 58 minutes.
Source: The Radio Ecoshock Show from October 07, 2010




Scott Horton Interviews Robert A. Pape

Robert A. Pape, coauthor of Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It, discusses the evidence that shows suicide attacks are much more closely related to military occupations than religious extremism, and why U.S. efforts to date have been more effective at provoking terrorism than preventing it.

Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as on Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and National Public Radio.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Robert A. Pape from October 21, 2010

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

America's Economy and the Road Ahead

Robert Reich argues that Obama's stimulus package will not catalyze real recovery because it fails to address 40 years of increasing income inequality. His retrospective diagnosis for the recession's cause is simple: too much national income went to the rich, which induced the federal government and the middle class to subsist on credit, creating a bubble that inevitably burst.

Robert Reich, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley is a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 28, 2010. This is about 62 minutes.
Source: Robert Reich-America’s Economy and the Road Ahead

Better Living Through Libertarianism?

Two libertarians explain what libertarianism is and what they like and don't like about the Democrats and Republicans. This is about 18 minutes.
Source: The Tuesday Podcast: Better Living Through Libertarianism from September 21, 2010

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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Compassionate Journalism?

Journalism and Compassion

Host and producer, Krista Tippett interviews New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who has learned that news can deaden rather than awaken consciousness, much less the hearts, of his readers. He shares his ethics on human life in our time. This is about 47 minutes.
Source: From Sept. 23, 2010, Journalism and Compassion



We Found A Socialist!

Most Democrats aren't socialists nor are most Republicans free-market libertarians. What is socialism? Hear from an actual socialist -- Richard Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts -- about socialism. This about 23 minutes.
Source: Planet Money: The Friday Podcast: We Found A Socialist!, from September 17, 2010



Why Do They Want To Kill Us.  Because We Occupy Their Land! 

Rep. Ron Paul on the floor of the House of RepresentativesThis is about 6 minutes.
Source: July 27, 2010 C-SPAN, Ron Paul: Why Do They Want To Kill Us? Because We Occupy Their Land!


Reducing consumption is essential for environmental and economic sustainability.

Examining the limits to growth
The Limits to Growth, published in 1972, and was a landmark publication and one of the first studies to link the world's economy with the state of the environment. In this podcast, Dr. Graham Turner talks about his recent study that validates one of the book's key scenarios. This is about 8 minutes.
Source: Examining the limits to growth, November 11, 2008

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