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The growth in national security measures since 9/11 is striking. Is this level of government investment worthwhile? Can there ever be too much secu...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
How do you choose missions to fight a war effectively, while minimizing civilian deaths and meeting the obligation to your soldiers?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Must governments meet violence with an authoritarian response? In the recent Mexican election, citizens could demand a crackdown on druglords at th...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Does the state capitalism model present a challenge to free market political systems? Is Google's confrontation with China a taste of the future? W...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Can you hold to ethical standards and serve a government that makes mistakes? Does becoming a diplomat mean, "my country right or wrong"?
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Inequality in America has been accelerating rapidly since the 1980s. But capping income levels could put liberty and competitiveness at risk. Regar...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 02:00
We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 30:00
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 09:03
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his new book, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,”...
Bought by BSR Radio
- Added: Aug 02, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Can the suburbs be fixed? What does sustainability look like in a land of three car garages, shopping malls, single use zoning and houses on steroi...
Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KVLU, KWIT, WRIR, and WRNC-LP
- Added: Nov 09, 2009
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
From: Action Speaks Radio
Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...
Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, Interlochen Public Radio, WRPI, Yellowstone Public Radio and more
- Added: Nov 04, 2009
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 7
What is true for the individual may not be true for the group, the state, or the international system, and vice versa. Does this suggest that ethic...
- Added: Sep 09, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How can we resolve the financial melt-down and prevent another? Solutions focus on free markets, regulation, or rewards. Perhaps we should balance ...
- Added: Sep 09, 2009
- Length: 01:30
What criteria do you emphasize when deciding "How is my country doing?" Are you proud of how your country compares with the world?
- Added: Sep 09, 2009
- Length: 01:30
What does the financial crisis imply? Should we liberalize trade on agriculture and services? Or should we protect domestic producers?
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Can intelligent robot soldiers be designed to be more ethical in battle than human soldiers? Would you prefer a robot or a human deciding about the...
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Will our responses to the financial crisis be constructive, or will panic cloud our judgments?
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:38
Will people associate U.S. power with "global misery" or with the opportunity and pluralism that Obama's victory represents?
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:38
We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Vox featuring eleven young people around the country reflecting on the impact of the economic crisis on their lives.
Bought by WTIP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM
- Added: Jun 02, 2009
- Length: 09:36
- Purchases: 4
What was happening in the world thirty-three years and half a life-time ago?
- Added: Mar 30, 2009
- Length: 09:39
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
General Series description: Three lively one hour programs on issues in the 2008 election as they affect women and men that care about the women...
- Added: Oct 20, 2008
- Length: 58:52
A short piece of advice for the next president from NYU's Marcelo Su?rez-Orozco.
- Added: Oct 17, 2008
- Length: 03:09
