Seg. 1: Does power breed hypocrisy? If so, why? And what are the political and social implications. With Prof. Adam Galinski, Northwestern University. [ dur. 9 mins. ] Seg. 2: The media’s role in political change. Richardson discusses his book A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly life of Ramparts Magazine changed America. [...]
Archive for May, 2012
admin - May - 27th
admin - May - 20th
Seg. 1: Mexico’s drug war is claiming thousands of lives and threatening to destabilize Mexico. With Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Univ. of Texas @ Brownsville, studies Mexican politics, Mexico-U.S. relations. Molly Molloy, New Mexico State Univ. is prof. and librarian for Border & Latin American issues. She is creator of The Frontera List. [ duration 28 mins. ] [...]
maria - May - 17th
Warren Buffett buys into ‘declining’ newspapers: http://t.co/F1YaPJru
admin - May - 14th
Segment 1: We speak with Nancy Gibbs, author of The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity, on one of the world’s most exclusive and influential clubs; [ duration 30 mins. ] Scholars’ Circle. In the face of looming public health and sustainability, we look at the intersection of science and politics. Naomi Oreskes, [...]
admin - May - 6th
Segment 1: Can new media change power relations? We speak with Rory O’Connor author of, “Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media” [ Dur. 29 mins. ] Segment 2: Scholar’s Circle. What does the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor reveal about the [...]
maria - May - 6th
@kjrutkowski I’m sure it is great! Thank you and all your colleagues for such a great semester!
maria - May - 6th
@kjrutkowski, Maybe the other grader has your paper. . . .
maria - May - 6th
@kjrutkowski @USCedu, you just made my day. Thank you!
maria - May - 6th
today noon, soc. media changing world or not? & The Scholars’ Circle, what the Taylor conviction reveals abt int. justice. KPFK
All interviews were recorded live at the LA Times Book Festival on April 20th. 1. What is the collective cost to our wastefulness? And what are the economic and environmental harms of wastefulness? Edward Humes is author of, Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to restore the US economy [...]