Media critic Doug Rushkoff talks about LIFE, INC., his new book about our disconnect from each other caused by corporations; and Jeff Sharlet, author of THE FAMILY, returns for another interview, updating us on how the sex scandals in Washington are splitting the Christian Right.
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Freedom and Democracy
June 18th, 2009
Diane Wei Liang talks about her memoir of Tienanmin Square, LAKE WITH NO NAME. And we talk with Anthony Lake about the First Amendment and FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT WE HATE.
DISPATCHES FROM THE RELIGIOUS LEFT
October 14th, 2008
We talk with Fred Clarkson, co-founder of Talk2Action, about the book he just edited: Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. We also talk with Chip Berlet about the essay he contributed to the book. And contributor and organizer Leo Maley tells us about how the religious Left organized [...]
New Fiction from Paul Auster and Jennifer Haigh; Michael Klare on Russia-Georgia War
August 5th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with acclaimed novelist Paul Auster about his new work of fiction, MAN IN THE DARK. Also, Jennifer Haigh tells us about her new novel, THE CONDITION. And we’ll also air an excerpt from an interview we did last year with Michael Klare about his book, RISING POWERS, SHRINKING PLANET, THE NEW [...]
Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment
June 3rd, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Lewis about his pithy and thought-provoking “biography” of the First Amendment, FREEDOM FOR THE THOUGHT WE HATE.
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