First, do animals get depression, eating disorders, alcoholism, or diabetes? What can we learn from animals about healing? We explore the surprising common grounds between animals and us with the authors of “ZOOBIQUITY: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health“.. [ dur. 28 mins. ] Dr. Barbara Netttern-Herowitz, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA; Kathryn [...]
Scholars’ Circle & Insighters
admin - May - 12th
admin - May - 5th
First, power is shifting and changing hands more rapidly than ever. What does it mean for global politics, religion, and economies? [ dur. 24 mins. ] Moises Naim, Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, author of “End of Power from Board Rooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn’t what it Used [...]
admin - Apr - 29th
First, has President Obama capitulated by putting Social Security on the cutting block? What is the future of Social Security? [ dur: 13 mins. ] Michael A. Hiltzik, Financial Journalist for Los Angels Times, author of “Plot against social security: How the Bush Plan is Endangering Our Financial Future”. Then, in light of Koch [...]
admin - Apr - 21st
First, part two of our interview with Steven Ross, author of, Hollywood Left and Right. [ dur: 27 mins. ] Prof. Steven Ross, author, USC; Author of “Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics” Then, on the Scholars’ Circle, why does genocide happen and how can it be prevented. [ dur: [...]
admin - Apr - 14th
First, we’ll begin with the surprising ways that Hollywood actors have shaped American politics and who have some of the most groundbreaking and influential on the body politic. [ dur: 27 mins. ] Steven Ross, Prof. of History USC, author of “Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics” Then, how do our [...]
admin - Apr - 7th
First, Is our behavior free will or is it . . . parasites?! New science shows how parasites change behaviors throughout the animal kingdom. Does it also apply to humans? [ dur: 14 mins. ] Dickson Despommier, Prof. Micro Biologists, Columbia Univ.; Author: The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century, Parasites, and [...]
admin - Mar - 31st
First, what are the real factors that will drive the justices decisions on Prop. 8 and DOMA? [ dur. 27mins. ] Samuel A. Marcosson is Professor of Law at University of Louisiana, Lious S. Brandis School of Law. HIs publications include, Original Sin: Clarence Thomas and the Failure of the Constitutional Conservatives, and the book [...]
admin - Mar - 25th
First, we speak with Kishore Mahbubani author of, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World . [ dur: 30 mins. ] Then, on the Scholars’ Circle, we look at Venezuela post-Chavez era. [ dur: 28 mins. ] Daniel H. Levine, Political Science, Univ. of Michigan; Author: Quality of Democracy in Latin [...]
admin - Mar - 17th
The United Nations has concluded its annual conference on the status of women with a focus on ending violence against women at a time when modern slavery has become a more than $35 billion industry that enslaves millions of people, mostly women and girls. The State Department estimated that in 2012, 27 million people were [...]
admin - Mar - 10th
First, we speak with Nancy Gibbs, Time magazine editor and author of “The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity “, on one of the world’s most exclusive and influential clubs. [ dur. 29 mins. ] Then, did the sexual counter revolution polarize American politics? We speak with Nancy Cohen visiting scholar at UCLA [...]