Aired: 12/23/12 Recorded: 10/17/12 When gas prices were at or near record highs a few months ago in the US, that got people’s attention. What about food prices? Have you noticed them rising? Are you making different choices in the supermarket? If not, it might be because of two things. One, in America so…
Aired 06/17/12 DAVID DeGRAW, who a year ago was among a handful who called for the 99% to rise up. On June 14th, Flag Day, last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort to announce the birth of a “decentralized non-violent resistance movement to end the system of political bribery and…
Aired 06/17/12 This week’s show will deal with the Occupy/99% movement from two different perspectives. For most of the hour I’ll be joined by renowned scholar and activist, NOAM CHOMSKY. His newest book, a collection of interviews and speeches on the movement, is entitled simply OCCUPY. NOAM CHOMSKY is Professor of Linguistics at the…
Aired 03/11/12 RICHARD DAVIDSON, author, The Emotional Life of Your Brain DAVID EAGLEMAN, author, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain PETER BAUMANN, convener, BEING HUMAN 2012 In 1989 I addressed the 20th reunion of my Harvard class. In 1969, we’d spearheaded student protests that led to a month long strike of…
Aired 01/08/12 This will be a conversation about the state of things as we embark on 2012. I will be joined by TOM FRANK (What’s the Matter with Kansas?) and EDGAR CAHN (founder of Legal Services and Time Dollars). We will talk about their passions and projects. http://www.tcfrank.com/ In his new book, PITY THE…
Aired 08/28/11
ROBERT JOHNSON serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and Director of the Project on Global Finance at the Roosevelt Institute. He recently served on the United Nations Commission of Experts o…
Aired 07/25/11
Terrence fills in on the air for Warren Olney – “To the Point” on 89.9 KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com
As the markets and the public look on nervously, the clock continues to tick on negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling. As …
Aired 07/22/11
Terrence fills in on the air for Warren Olney – “To the Point” on 89.9 KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com
While we’ve made some progress addressing climate change, dispute and paralysis have been all too common. Even among those who accept…
Aired 04/24/11
ESTHER DUFLO, a Professor of Economics at MIT, has received numerous honors including a John Bates Clark Medal for the best American economist under 40 in 2010, a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship in 2009. She was recognized as one of the b…
Aired 01/16/11
PARAG KHANNA is a Senior Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. In 2008, he was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” a Young Global Leader of the World Economi…