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2016 Programs
2016 Program Archive
Mar 16 - The Pitfalls of Nuclear Power; Security Strategy and Libya; Oil Prices
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Victor Gilinsky, former member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and current consultant to the Ploughshares Fund, candidly assesses the safety of nuclear power. |
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Ambassador David Mack, who has lived and served in Libya, analyzes the strategic options available as Qaddafi's forces appear to be on the verge of re-asserting control. |
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University of Maryland professor Michael Greenberger, former Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, explains the rising cost of oil. His answer--NOT international turmoil; NOT Japanese disaster; HINT: Think about the banks that screwed us back in 2008. |
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Ian Masters gives his analysis of the day's program. |
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Mar 15 - Japan's Nuclear Plants; Bahrain in Context
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Linda Gunter, founder of Beyond Nuclear, explains the problems with the General Electric-built reactors in Japan. |
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Rasool Nafisi analyzes the situation in Bahrain, particularly with respect to Iran's possible response. |
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Journalist and risk consultant Youssef Ibrahim gives a further assessment of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. |
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COMING SOON: Ian Masters presents his own analysis of today's program. |
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March 14th - Nuclear Crisis in Japan; The Situation in Libya
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Gordon Thompson, executive director of the Institute of Research and Security Studies and a research professor at Clark University's George Perkins Marsh Institute discusses environmental and security impacts of nuclear technologies. |
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David Freeman, former head of the TVA and the LADWP talks about the problems with nuclear power. |
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Abubaker Saad, former Libyan diplomat and professor of history at Western Connecticut State University assesses the situation in Libya as freedom fighters are getting attacked from the air. |
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Mar 13 - Nuclear Crisis in Japan; The Situation in Libya
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David Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discusses Japan's nuclear plants. |
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Dan Hirsch, president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, talks about the dangers of nuclear power in the wake of the Japanese earthquake. |
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Experts on Libya, Dirk Vandewalle and Ali Ahmida, talk with Ian about the current situation in North Africa. |
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Mar 9 - Eyewitness from Libya; Arab Media; Political Shenanigans
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Akram Ramadan, whose father had been imprisoned by Gaddafi and who just returned to the UK from Libya, gives his analysis of the situation there. |
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Marwan Kraidy, professor at the Annenberg School School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, author of Arab Television Industries, and an expert on Arab media and politics, discusses the current role of media in the Arab world. |
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In the wake of the "David Koch" prank phone call and NPR's run-in with James O'Keefe, Mark Feldstein, author of Poisoning the Press, examines the role of political dirty tricks. |
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