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October 20 - Toby Miller sits in for Ian Masters
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We begin with William Black, a professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missourri, Kansas City, and discuss his latest article, "The Tea Party's Tactical Brilliance and Strategic Incompetence." Then we discuss major issues that are left unaddressed in Washington such as high unemployment, cutbacks to social programs, and global warming. Gerald Epstein, Professor of Economics and Director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massusechessets, Amherst, joins us. |
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Then we discuss farm labor in the U.S. with Margaret Gray, Professor of Political Science at Adelphi University. She has a new book titled Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic |  |
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Finally, we are joined by Ben Carrington, a Sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, to clarify the hype over mega sporting events and to discuss his new book, Race, Sport and Politics. |  |
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October 17 - Toby Miller sits in for Ian Masters
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We begin and speak with Mehdi Semati, a Professor of Communcations at Northern Illinois University, and discuss current nuclear talks with Iran and improvements in diplomatic relations with its new president. |
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Then we are joined by Mexico-based journalist Jennifer Collins and examine attempts to reform the Mexican economy as well as resistance to such initiatives. |  |
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We finish with Alan Tomlinson of the University of Brighton to discuss the World Cup and sport as a means of “soft power". |  |
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October 16 - Toby Miller sits in for Ian Masters
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We begin with Jonathan Cohn of the New Republic where he just wrote the article, "The Republicans May Lose but So Will You". We discuss progress towards reopening the government, bringing an end to the two week shutdown.
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Then we are joined by Andrew Ross, a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. We look at alternatives to debt in terms of personal and student debt as well as his new book, "Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal". |
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Finally, we speak with Sara Ayech, a climate and oil campaigner at Greenpeace UK, to examine the seizure and imprisonment of the Arctic 30 by Russia. |
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October 15 - Toby Miller sits in for Ian Masters
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with guest host Toby Miller |
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We begin with the budget and deficit crisis in D.C. and speak with The Nation Magazine's Ari Berman about his article, "The GOP's Southern Strategy" which draws the line between Republican obstructionism and the party becoming whiter and more Southern.
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Then we are joined by Martin Johnson, a professor of Political Science at the University of California Riverside, to further discuss the government shutdown and the even greater threat facing the economy in the next hostage crisis. |
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Finally, we speak with Daniel Treisman, a professor at UCLA and a specialist on the politics and economics of post-Communist Russia, to discuss the similarities and differences in foreign policy and authoritarianism of Russia 40 years ago and that of today.
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October 14 - A Senate Veteran on the Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Default; "Inside the Republican Suicide Machine"; What is Behind the Poisonous Politics of Polarization?
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We begin with last-minute efforts to avoid a default with all eyes on the U.S Senate where a deal is in the works but what happens after that when it gets to the House remains uncertain. Jim Manley, who served as a senior advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for six years and before that was an aide to Senator Ted Kennedy for 12 years, joins us with an assessment of the sudden bi-partisanship and spirit of compromise on display between Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell.
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Then we speak with Tim Dickinson about his article in the current Rolling Stone “Inside the Republican Suicide Machine” that reveals the role of Congressman Jim Jordan, the head of the shadow leadership team in the House know as the Jedi Council that has been dogging Speaker Boehner at every turn and still may try to thwart him on avoiding a default, as well as challenge his leadership later should Boehner allow a vote of the full House before Thursday. |
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Then finally we look into the state of polarization in Washington with Keith Poole, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and author of “Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches”. We discuss the reasons why our politics have become so poisonous, polarized and gridlocked and whether the Republicans will pay a price for the Tea Party’s unpopular exercise of government by extortion. |
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