Monday June 17, 2013

12:30 pm: Here and Now

1:00 pm: Burn: An Energy Journal
The Switch
America’s electric power grid and the science needed to modernize it

Tuesday June 18, 2013

12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Maine Politics

1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen
In the next decade, most people on Earth should be able to access most of the world’s information through a mobile device. A conversation on digital issues and also the intersection of energy and technology.

Wednesday June 19, 2013

12:00 Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
The Computer Guys

1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk on Honduras since the recent military coup by Dana Frank, a Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of several books, including Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism, and Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America. which focuses on Honduras.

Thursday June 20 2013

12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Entrepeanuerism and Jobs

1:00 pm: Its Your World
Richard Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations. American foreign policy can, and needs to begin at home, according to Richard Haass. While serious global challenges continue to confront the U.S., the biggest threats come not from abroad but from within. The solution lies in limiting engagement in foreign wars and humanitarian interventions while focusing on restoring the economic foundations of U.S. power.

Friday June 21, 2013

12:30 pm: Here and Now

1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine (Tentative)
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Falmouth for the annual meeting of the World Affairs Council of Maine. The speaker is Maine Senator Susan Collins, Maine’s three-term Republican and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Sen. Collins address is entitled: The Cybersecurity Challenge: Protecting Our Nation and Our Economy.

Thursday May 30, 2013

12:00 pm: Midday
12:15 pm: Maine Calling
Tar Sands in Maine

1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
Blue Metropolis
Libyan writer Hirsham Matar talks with Ideas host Paul Kennedy about his boyhood in Tripoli, his family's exile in Egypt, and his current career as a journalist.

Friday May 31, 2013

12:30 pm: Here and Now

1:00 pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Bar Harbor and the 2013 Encore Leadership Corps Summit. The keynote speaker is NPR reporter Quil Lawrence, who is a Maine native. While currently covering veteran’s affairs for NPR, Lawrence is the former NPR bureau chief in Kabul and a former Jerusalem correspondent for PRI’s The World. Lawrence will talk about growing up in rural Maine and the importance of citizen journalism.

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