Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Podcast 70: Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. Bush’s Law.

May 6th, 2008

The news today about a possible war impending between Georgia and Russia is prefigured in our first interview: host Francesca Rheannon talks with energy security expert Michael Klare about the dangerous new global order of energy politics — winners and losers, flashpoints of conflict, and what it means for democracy and the environment. (…)

 
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This Week: RISING POWERS, SHRINKING PLANET and BUSH’S LAW

May 2nd, 2008

We talk with Michael Klare about the dangerous new global order of energy politics — winners and losers, flashpoints of conflict, and what it means for democracy and the environment. (…)

 
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Next Week: BUSH’S LAW and RISING POWERS, SHRINKING PLANET

April 25th, 2008

We talk with New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau, who broke the story on the Bush Administration’s NSA program of warrantless wiretapping. (…)

Podcast 66: Philip Fradkin and Rutherford Platt

April 8th, 2008

We talk with biographer Philip Fradkin about the life of Wallace Stegner, writer and environmentalist extraordinaire. His book is WALLACE STEGNER AND THE AMERICAN WEST. (…)

 
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This Week: The Humane Metropolis; Stegner and the American West

April 3rd, 2008

We talk with urban geographer Rutherford Platt about how to make cities that are sustainable and a pleasure to live in. (…)

Next Week: The Humane Metropolis; Wallace Stegner and the American West

March 28th, 2008

We talk with urban geographer Rutherford Platt about how to make cities that are sustainable and a pleasure to live in. (…)