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, [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
admin - Apr - 24th
On the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we look at what are the conditions for genocide and what are the means to prevent it. [ Dur: 28 min. ] Vahakn Dadrian, Dir. of Genocide Res. @ Zoryan Inst. Prof. Alex Hinton, Rutgers Univ. Anthropology & Genocide; Prof. Richard Dekmejian, Political Science, USC Visit our store [...]
admin - Apr - 9th
First, did the sexual counter revolution polarize American politics? With author Nancy Cohen ( UCLA ) author of the just released book. Delirium: How the Sexual Counterrevolution is Polarizing America. [duration: 29 min.] Then, on the scholars’ circle, how might the power of ideas shape countries and international power structures. [duration: 25 min. ] Liz [...]
admin - Apr - 2nd
Our interview with scholars’ about following questions: 1) How much does the President drive US foreign policy and how much is driven by other factors? [duration: 25 min.] With: Prof. Jeremy Suri, Univ. of TX, Austin. Author of Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama. Prof. James D. Boys, Richmond Univ., London. [...]
admin - Mar - 26th
Today we spend the hour exploring how the current rightward movement fits into U.S. history. How did it develop? And how has the movement been changing U.S. politics and policies? What can we learn from the past rightward movements right here and abroad? And how far can the movement go? (duration: 58 minutes) Analysis by: [...]
admin - Mar - 18th
Seg. 1. Massive vacancies on the federal bench and justices with conflicts of interest. What is the state of the independent judiciary? with Nan Aaron, Dir. of Alliance for Justice Seg. 2. Should people who have committed crimes as teenagers face life in prison with no chance for parole? A look at the laws and [...]
admin - Mar - 11th
1) When might gas prices come back down? Some experts say never. We’ll explore the realities of fuel prices with Tyson Slocum. 2) Then, from broken heart to suicide bomber. We explore the various drives that fuel deadly terror with Ken Ballen . 3) On the Scholars’ Circle, what the Putin and rising widespread protests [...]
admin - Mar - 4th
In the first segment, the economic crisis are pushing more people into homelessness, an already pervasive epidemic in America. We’ll look at one duo’s efforts to rescue some of the most vulnerable homeless women, one by one, and explore the system’s working and failure from their perspective. Duo are Robin Nixon, record producer and Dennis [...]