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"I do believe there is a global ethic. It has to do with the dignity of individuals, the right to security and liberty, both. I do believe that the...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
"What I have in mind with rooted cosmopolitanism and distance sensitivity is something that's much, much more practical and to my mind achievable."
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 03:14
From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all they ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 02:02
After decades of violence, rebel group FARC is negotiating with the Colombian government. The group has unsuccessfully petitioned the American gove...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 02:08
"I'm a huge believer in role models. I think that pretty much any woman who gets up and puts herself out there, whether she wants to be or not, is ...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 03:36
As Burma begins to reform its government, the U.S. has been quick to begin normalizing relations with the Asian state. Are geostrategic considerati...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 02:09
"At the heart of this form of anarchist theory, which is what this is, is a belief that true self-determination, self-realization of the self, can ...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 03:37
The more our societies are in conversation, the more likely it is, when it comes to having to make the hard decisions that are involved in discussi...
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 03:54
Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power?
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Listen back as KUT’s Rebecca McInroy talks about what it means to be “American” with UT Anthropology Professor John Hartigan, The Department Chair ...
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 01:01:51
"I hope that world leaders will really sit down and think about the circumstances of those people who have been suffering for many years. Why can't...
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 03:34
Anti-gay legislation is garnering support in Ukraine and many other countries are backtracking on equal rights for homosexuals. Is there anything i...
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- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 02:05
- Purchases: 1
"I would advise my dear intellectuals of this age and time and place to give us some good imagination, especially to the young people."
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 04:26
"There are things we can't do, even with all the power of the United States. But then we shouldn't hide from it. We shouldn't turn away and pretend...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 03:51
"It is amazing that more than 2 billion people do not have access to electricity. All people equally have a right to have a very healthy and comfor...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 04:40
"Moral leadership to me is about selflessness. But in a world of personal aggrandizement and short-term-ism, I do fear that we'll see less moral le...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 03:07
"We may have globalization, we have more interconnectedness, lots of things are happening, more trade. But what's the moral compass? You have the f...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:58
We thought we finished our series on the ATC Charter Story, but...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 21:34
In this show, we attempt to finish the ATC series...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 21:39
On this show we hear Russell Caldwell, Davidson & Co. banker who put the ATC financing together, Jim Ford, an independent education and strategic p...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 19:36
This story is about ATC, the Academy of Technology and the Classics charter school which decided to leave the building that many thought would be i...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 20:39
With a U.S.-made anti-Islam film angering many in the Muslim world, some are wondering if there is an unbridgeable divide between the two cultures....
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 02:01
Do the presidential nominating conventions still serve a purpose in American politics? Do these events need to be reformed or scaled down? Or shoul...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Women's votes are crucial to any candidate -- in fact, women can control any election. What are their priorities?
- Added: Aug 07, 2012
- Length: 28:32
The gun control debate in the United States has been revived in the wake of the Aurora massacre. With thousands of firearm-related homicides each y...
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 02:00
