 Monday March 1, 2010
12:30 pm: Living Planet
US states take initiative in tackling climate change, the organic industry responds to troubles over certification, and the wind energy sector rides a boom in investment into 2010.
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
A discussion on "Expanding Access to Healthcare" A panel from the recent Global Philanthropy Forum's 2009 annual conference that features Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
Tuesday March 2, 2010
12:30 pm: Inside Europe
NATO's Afghanistan mission brings down the Dutch government - The hunt for oil is fuelling a new Falklands crisis - Cypriots are spellbound by a murder trial - Turkey and Armenia struggle to bridge their historic divide - Is the writing on the wall for Rome’s graffiti artists? - Poland pays tribute to Chopin - Is Switzerland rubbing up Europe the wrong way?
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
The speaker is John Yoo, Law Professor, UC Berkeley; and author of, Crisis and Command at the Department of Justice, Yoo played a large and controversial role in shaping the Bush administration’s policy in the war on terrorism, arguing that prisoner of war status under the Geneva Conventions does not apply to “enemy combatants.” He further asserted executive authority to undertake “enhanced interrogation techniques” regarded as torture by the current Justice Department.
Wednesday March 3, 2010
12:30 pm: Cambridge Forum
Garrison Keillor Visits Cambridge Forum
Garrison Keillor, host and writer of public radio s A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer s Almanac, talks about becoming a writer and his early days in New York. How did those experiences lead him to create Lake Wobegon?
1:00pm: The BBC’s Changing World
Obama the Divider
It's been more than a year since President Barack Obama was sworn into office. He campaigned on themes of inclusion and bridging divides, but the gap between those who support him and those who don't has widened. The BBC travels through rural Tennessee and Kentucky to talk with people who feel they have been marginalized by the Obama revolution. He meets anti-tax protesters, fundamentalist Christians, libertarians, country club members and local dignitaries to find out how they view the fist year of the Obama administration and what their hopes and fears are for the future.
Thursday March 4, 2010
12:30 pm: Soundprint
Sleeping through the Dream
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King led the March on Washington and spoke the famous words "I have a dream." Then 18 year-old Producer Askia Muhammad was, as he recalls, 'sleeping through the dream.' Growing up in Los Angeles, Muhammad was far away from the civil rights uproar and any self-proclaimed political consciousness. Now 40 years later, Muhammad revisits his youth with two close friends. Join us for the journey of a young man's political awakening during a time of intense social unrest.
1:00pm: Alternative Radio
The speaker is Eric Holt-Giménez, the executive director of FoodFirst/Institute for Food and Development Policy. He is the author of “Voices from Latin America’s Farmer to Farmer Movement” and co-author of “Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice.” Holt-Gimenez says we are entering a new food era, one marked by higher prices, growing numbers of hungry people, and an intensifying competition for land and water. A record number of Americans are now living on food stamps. He identifies the factors responsible for the crisis the policies of a handful of transnational agri-food monopolies and the use of grain to produce fuel for cars.
Friday March 5, 2010
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
The 2010 census is underway, and this time around, there are new efforts to make sure everyone in Maine is counted. Many people believe the 2000 census in Maine wasn't accurate. What's at stake and what's being done on the next Maine Watch. Also, as part of our Your Vote 2010 coverage, we meet Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Jacobsen.
1:00pm: It’s Your World
Ambassador John Limbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department. As the U.S. weighs a change of approach toward the Iranian government after thirty years of confrontation, Middle East expert John Limbert shares his assessment of how to engage Iran. Limbert has served in numerous Foreign Service positions and spent fourteen months as a hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.
Monday March 8, 2010
12:30 pm: Living Planet
The EU approves its first genetically modified crop in over a decade, Mongolians weight the cost of cutting smog, fabrics offer hope of revolutionizing the building industry while cutting costs, and a town in Norway's icy north hopes to cash in on climate change.
1:00 pm: The BBC’s Changing World
A Dollar a Day
The BBC looks at what keeps a billion people worldwide trapped in poverty and at their efforts to lift themselves out.
Tuesday March 9, 2010
12:30 pm: Inside Europe
Should Germany foot the bill for Greece? - A landmark fatwa against global terrorism - The EU authorizes GM potatoes - Italian mammas compete for the perfect pasta - Immigrants go on strike in Italy - Bosnia struggles with its past - Fighting anti-semitism in Poland - Russia's Olympic athletes receive a frosty welcome - Could Seborga become Europe's newest state?
1:00 pm: America Abroad
Yemen in Focus
Yemen's on the brink. It's the poorest Arab nation, with a bulging youth population and a sagging economy. Making matters worse, al Qaeda's deeply woven into the national fabric, threatening Yemen, its neighbors, and the US. America Abroad explores conditions on the ground and asks how Yemen became such a fragile state.
Wednesday March 10, 2010
12:30 pm: Cambridge Forum
Health Care: Tales from the Edge
Danielle Ofri, practicing psychiatrist at New York s Bellevue Hospital, discusses the cases of the people marginalized by our society and our health care system in her new book Medicine in Translation. Amy Slemmer, Executive Director of Health Care for All, asks how current proposals for health care reform will affect their lives. What changes in the American health care system would make Ofri s stories a thing of the past.
1:00pm: Commonwealth Club of California
The speaker is Garry Wills, Historian; and Author of “The Modern Presidency and the National Security State.” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Wills argues that the atomic bomb paved the way for presidential authority that has “enfeebled” Congress and the courts, and that reached its apex with George W. Bush. Wills frames the postwar period in a new light in his aim to sound an alarm about a continued threat to our Constitution and the balance of power.
Thursday March 11, 2010
12:30 pm: Soundprint
Middle C
Tristan Whiston performed for the first time as a solo soprano at the tender age of six. Years of hard work led to an accomplished singing career. But two years ago, Tristan decided to give up the most precious thing a singer has - the voice. As part of our Global Perspective Series At The Edge, CBC producer Carma Jolly brings us Tristan's audio diary of the transition from female to male.
1:00pm: The Really Big Question
Can science explain why we believe?
Go practically anywhere on this planet, and you’ll likely find a place where people worship. For as long there have been humans, we’ve felt the need to venerate certain special beings, objects, and ideas. Today’s evolutionary biologists see a signature feature that raises a really big question: Can science explain why we believe?
Friday March 12, 2010
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
This week on Maine Watch, Maine has become a big destination for a fast-growing category of traveler - the culinary tourist. How Maine's foodie scene happened, what it means for the economy at large and where it's headed. We'll talk with James Beard, award-winning chef Sam Hayward and food writer Meredith Goad. Plus, we continue to meet the candidates for Governor. This week: Peter Mills.
1:00pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to the University of New England’s Portland Campus, for an address sponsored by the UNE Center for Clobal Humanities. Richard Sims is the chief economist at the National Education Association, will be talking on "The Future of American Education: An Economic Perspective
Monday March 15, 2010
12:30 pm: Living Planet
Environmentalists and indigenous people in Russia settle on a novel approach to forestry protection, a program to promote renewable energies in developing countries reveals some of the unexpected problems that can arise; Spanish communities vie for the dubious privilege of housing a nuclear waste dump, and a look at the drawbacks of fish farming.
1:00 pm: It’s Your World
Peter Gleick, Co-Founder and President of Pacific Institute, speaks about international water resource management. Access to clean drinking water is vital to every society and a major factor in furthering public health, economic development and social stability. However, climate change, industrialization and urbanization threaten its supply and safety. Dr. Gleick will discuss how international water resource management and the lack of access to clean water and sanitation impact social, financial and environmental stability.
Tuesday March 16, 2010
12:30 pm: Inside Europe
The Northern Ireland peace process clears a major hurdle. Is Catherine Ashton performing as the EUs foreign affairs chief? The humiliation of women in the Italian media. And Mr Undercover - a North Korean spy comes clean in Austria
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
The speaker is Joseph Stiglitz, Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics; and author of “Freefall.” Stiglitz argues that America exported bad economics, bad policies and bad behavior to the rest of the world. He outlines a way forward building on ideas that he has championed his entire career: restoring the balance between markets and government; addressing the inequalities of the global financial system; and demanding more good ideas (and less ideology) from economists.
Wednesday March 17, 2010
12:30 pm: Cambridge Forum
Confessions of an Eco-sinner
Science journalist Fred Pearce traces the environmental costs of the things that make up ordinary daily life our clothing, our food, our cup of coffee, to reveal the extraordinary hidden costs of a modest Western lifestyle. What changes in our consumption patterns could we make to lower those environmental costs? What would those changes mean for our lifestyle?
1:00pm: Cleveland City Club
Marc Freedman, Founder and CEO ofCivic Ventures discusses “Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life. Freedman’s Civic Ventures is a think tank and R&D organization helping society achieve the greatest return on experience. He spearheaded the creation of Experience Corps, America’s largest nonprofit national service program.
Thursday March 18, 2010
12:30 pm: Soundprint
Lonely Funeral
Every year up to twenty people die completely alone in Amsterdam. There are no friends or family to prepare their funeral or mourn over the body. Sometimes these people are illegal migrants, drug mules, or simply people who for one reason or another, cut-off all social contacts. Poet Frank Starik decided that these people also deserved to be eulogized. He contacted the Amsterdam city services and asked if he could take part in these forgotten funerals. Producer Michele Ernsting of Radio Netherlands Worldwide brings us the story of the Lonely Funeral.
1:00pm: BBC’s Changing World
"Textbook Diplomacy" explores efforts around the world to use history textbooks to help heal wounds of conflict, to overcome deep-seated antagonisms between neighboring countries, and to achieve greater integration and understanding among states that must work together. History textbooks, either officially or unofficially, pass on deep political messages to the next generation. They can lie, distort, vilify and marginalize, but they can also become agents of peace and tolerance.
Friday March 19, 2010
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
This week on Maine Watch, of the 12 major party candidates still in the race for the Blaine House, four are Clean Election candidates and 8 are not. How could this affect the race? Why would some candidates opt in while others opt out? And does the clean election fund have enough money this year? Those are some of our questions. Plus, we continue our interviews with the candidates: this week, Matt Jacobson.
1:00pm: It’s Your World
The speaker is Allison Stanger, Professor of International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College. She tells the story of how private contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy, and why a new approach using private actors may be essential.
Monday March 22, 2010
12:30 pm: Living Planet
A French seaside town wrestles with the idea of an end to tuna fishing; sourcing paper for books sustainably; Germany's government reignites passions over a nuclear waste dump and guerrilla gardeners mount an urban-planning revolution in London.
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
A “Munk debate”on the following, “Be It Resolved That Climate Change Is Mankind's Defining Crisis and Demands A Commensurate Response.
Tuesday March 23, 2010
12:30 pm: Inside Europe
The Northern Ireland peace process clears a major hurdle - Is Catherine Ashton performing as the EU’s foreign affairs chief?- Women in the Italian media - A North Korean spy comes clean in Austria - Young Afghan boys risk all to reach Europe - President Sarkozy tries to shake off an old archrival - A Latvian mortuary hits a raw nerve - Teddy bear tourism in the Czech Republic
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
NATO Panel
“Inside NATO: a panel discussion with the US, Danish and Italian ambassadors to the Nortth Atlantic Treaty Organization. Now including 28 countries of Western, Eastern and Southern Europe – as well as the United States – NATO has evolved to include roles as varied as fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, airlifting aid to Haiti after the recent earthquake, and ensuring collaboration among its members in combating terrorism. What else does NATO do today? How strong is this alliance? How is it measuring up to the new challenges of security we and our European allies face, from terrorism and cyberterrorism, climate change, the global economic rollercoaster, pandemics, natural disasters, and nuclear proliferation?
Wednesday March 24, 2010
12:30 pm: Conversations with Maine
Guest: Ray Ivany
Ray Ivany, President of Acadia University in Wolfsboro, Nova Scotia, known as the Ivy League college of the Maritimes and a bargain for American Students at an annual tuition of under $13,000 Canadian.
1:00pm: Intelligence Squared
An Oxford style debate on the following motion: Are teachers unions to blame for our failing schools?
Thursday March 25, 2010
12:30 pm: Soundprint
Chung King Mansions: a Work in Progress
Hong Kong’s Chung King Mansions is an infamous tenement building, which has a colorful past, present and who knows what future. Built as residential flats in the early 60s, these days it is a haven for immigrants, refugees, travelers and anyone else who needs a cheap place to stay. It is an extraordinary place and stands out as a rather shabby island in its more luxurious surroundings. With a thousand owners and bad past management it has been almost impossible to ever get consensus on what to do with it. Meanwhile it thrives as a business community, appears to be self-sufficient and it is an international melting pot somewhat a law unto itself. But change is afoot with two determined managers trying to tame this apparently unmanageable building and community and its reputation growing as an international business hub.
1:00pm: Cleveland City Club Forum
Wayne LaPierre, CEO & Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association of America
Friday March 26, 2010
12:30 pm: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks
This week on Maine Watch, it's been more than two months since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, yet Maine=based relief workers and medical personnel remain very much involved in the crisis work there. We'll hear their first-hand accounts of the situation in Haiti now, and learn about some of the Maine connections to Haiti. Plus, we continue our Your Vote 2010 conversations with the candidates. This week: Democrat John Richardson.
1:00pm: Speaking in Maine
The Next Race for the White House
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Colby College in Waterville for a talk by CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser will give an early read on the presidential campaign of 2012
Monday March 29, 2010
12:30 pm: Living Planet
Rome's latest invader assaults the city's aesthetic charm; a Dutchman's bright idea for slashing emissions in the shipping industry and a conversation about living beyond our means.
1:00 pm: Ideas from the CBC
The 2009 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism
Journalism is facing new challenges as it evolves in the context of online environments. Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation is the speaker for the Dalton Camp Lecture at St. Thomas University in Fredericton
Tuesday March 30, 2010
12:30 pm: Inside Europe
The EU and Middle East peace - Is the Pope failing his flock? - Berlusconi faces another corruption probe - Hungering for the truth about Romania's revolution - David Beckham's final bow? - Asylum seekers in Serbia - Afghan boys head for the Channel - Abortion shock tactics in Poland - Are Russian VIP's getting away with murder? - Leprechauns get their very own museum.
1:00pm: Speaking in Maine
Speaking in Maine takes us next to Camden, and another address before the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations. The speaker is Murhaf Jouejati (Muhr-hahf - Jew-JAH-tee) a Syrian-born specialist on Middle East affairs, particularly Syrian politics. He is currently a Professor of Middle East Studies at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He speaks about the situation in the Middle East
Wednesday March 31, 2010
12:30 pm: Cambridge Forum
Global Climate Change: Paul Kirshen
As the earth’s climate warms, sea levels are predicted to rise. Researcher Paul Kirshen explores what sea level rise means for coastal areas. Which population centers will be most severely affected? In addition to erosion, what other effects will rising water levels have?
1:00 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
The guest is Meg Whitman, Former CEO of eBay and current candidate for Governor of California. Whitman has a different idea about what California needs to return to its golden days. She sees her background in business as a gubernatorial asset, one that can help her lead California into the future just as she lead eBay. Whitman will share her successes, setbacks and values. |