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2009-11-07
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- Fischer's new novel "Good to Be God." Yup, it's about a guy
pretending to be God, a British guy no less, in Miami. Who
is trying very hard to be good. What does it mean to be
good? And, should it be encouraged? Or, does that make
it a career move, something you do like file your taxes or
wash your hands in a public restroom?
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2009-10-24
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- Domestic surveillance: what is taking place, how it started,
and why you should care.
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2009-10-03
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- Nukes are in the news these days: Iran, Pakistan, Russia,
Taliban, France... So, should we make more? Should we
threaten, cajole, inspect, sanction???
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2009-09-26
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- Should there be an Economic Bill of Rights?
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2009-09-19
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- Jerry Coyne, PhD and Professor of
Ecology and Evolution at the University of
Chicago
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- His book "Why Evolution is True," why it should be taught in
science class, why creationism shouldn't be, and whether
or not we have free will (not).
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2009-09-12
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- Musical satire in the tradition of "The Capitol Steps" on
Obama's speech, Joe Wilson, and other Republicans we love,
- Contenders for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.
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2009-08-15
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- Sorting through the lies, BS and, yes, the hooey about
healthcare.
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2009-08-01
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- Energy "barnraisings," an easy way to make homes energy
efficient (great for procrastinators!).
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2009-07-25
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- Tony Schinella of Politizine.com and
Professor Scott Brewer of the Harvard
Law School
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2009-07-25
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- The 40th anniversary of the moon landing
- Demand driven Maternal/Child health services in Venezuela
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2009-07-11
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- The events in Hungary 20 years ago that led to the fall of
communism.
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2009-06-27
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2009-06-20
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- Fathers, custody of their children, and the courts.
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2009-06-06
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- Rev Katherine Ragsdale of the Episcopal
Divinity School
- Craig Sandler of the State House News
Service
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- The Tiller Killer - Dr Tiller, his service to the community and
those who traveled to his clinic, all while under the
continuous threat of death.
- The state of the State
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2008-08-09
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- Wick Sloane, writer of The Devil's
Workshop, for Inside Higher Education
and Scott Schuppen, adjunct instructor
of English Composition at The College of
DuPage in Illinois
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- Why the bachelor's degree is obsolete! The state of
education and the relevance of the degree.
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2008-08-09
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- Brian X, veteran of the produce industry
(!)
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- What the heck is going on with food prices?!
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2008-07-26
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- KL McLoughlin, author of Baby Steps
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- Why she wrote a novel with themes about abortion,
religion, and family.
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2008-07-26
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- Why the FISA bill Obama voted for is so bad the ACLU is
suing.
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2008-07-19
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2008-07-19
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- Just how horrible the tax increases will be to pay for the
Big Dig and Tim Cahill who is making a name for himself on
Beacon Hill
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2008-07-19
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- Obama's message of personal responsibility, delivering social
programs through religious institutions, Jackson's
comments, and whether there is a generation gap in the
black community on these issues.
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2008-07-12
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- Calling in from the Middle East, the US's accidental success
in Kurdistan. Recently in Khost, Afghanistan, provided an
update on what is happening there.
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2008-06-28
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- Why he's running, what he hopes to accomplish, and how
Massachusetts would benefit.
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2008-06-21
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- Why America's nuclear arsenal is making us less safe.
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2008-06-14
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- Just in time for Father's Day - how fathers get a raw deal in
the court system and how they are susceptible to
depression when separated from their children.
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2008-06-14
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- How do we know what is real? Why does math work? How
does it work? Doesn't it, just, work?
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2008-05-31
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- Robin Dahlberg, senior staff attorney with
the ACLU's Racial Justice Program
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- Her new report "Locking Up Our Children: The Secure
Detention of Massachusetts Youth After Arraignment and
Before Adjudication"
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2008-05-17
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- Behavioral economics and how rational we aren't (it turns
out!).
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2008-05-17
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- The current state of homelessness right next door.
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2008-05-10
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- The state of inequality in America.
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2008-05-10
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- Why he believes the Bush/Cheney government is attempting
to dismantle the last vestiges of our Republic.
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2008-05-03
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- Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
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2008-04-26
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- Guest co-host - the election and what's in the news.
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2008-04-19
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- Why Greg Graffin, the lead singer and songwriter for
seminal punk band Bad Religion, will receive the 2008
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural
Humanism. Graffin, is also a life sciences professor at UCLA.
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2008-04-12
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- Tom Clark, Director of the Center for
Naturalism, moderator of the Philosophy
Cafe at the Harvard Square Bookstore
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- Conciousness or free will or something very hi-falutin
indeed.
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2008-04-12
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- Dr. Lobsang Sangay, first Tibetan to earn
a doctoral degree from Harvard Law
School
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2008-04-05
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- Why the Deval Patrick book deal is so bad for him
politically, how and why DiMasi won on the casino bill, and
what's in store for Massachusetts (and Patrick) economically
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2008-04-05
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- Insights on African youth - why they aren't the dangerous
potential terrorists everyone makes them out to be.
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2008-03-29
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- Dr. Lobsang Sangay, a regular consultant
on Tibetan issues for major news media,
including the BBC, the Washington Post,
Boston Globe and TIME magazine.
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2008-03-29
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- Fusion Centers - centers of data gathering that are raising
serious privacy issues at a time when new technology,
government powers and zeal in the "war on terrorism" are
combining to threaten Americans' privacy at an
unprecedented level. His book "Thinking Like A Terrorist"
provides unique insights into why terrorism is such a
persistent and difficult problem and why the U.S. approach
to counterterrorism isn't working.
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2008-03-22
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- Their experiences at FCC hearings, why media reform is
such a big issue, and why they've decided to devote their
time to it.
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2008-03-08
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- State Senator Pamela Resor (D - Acton)
and Isa Woldeguiorguis of Jane Doe Inc.
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- Gaps in the law protecting targets of stalkers, and
legislation they are sponsoring to address these gaps.
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2008-02-16
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- Why Solar IS Civil Defense. Practical applications for solar
energy here in the US, in the military, and in developing
countries.
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2008-02-02
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- Super Tuesday, voting ethics, the Edwards effect, poll
results for Dems and Repubs, and Ralph Nader.
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2008-02-02
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- James Otieno, Kenyan-born business
executive turned philanthropist
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- Recent events in Kenya - their root causes, his experiences
in his frequent travels to the country, and his plans to
devote his energies to helping Kenya and other sub-saharan
countries develop and prosper.
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2008-01-19
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- Toni K. Troop, Director of Development
and Public Relations, Jane Doe Inc.
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- The Randy Moss restraining order case - should he be
suspended from playing in the crucial AFC Championship
game prior to the court hearing on January 28.
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2008-01-12
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- Don Leka, Attorney and Musician
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- The legal profession and a new approach called
'collaborative law'
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2008-01-05
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- NH primary before and after
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2007-12-21
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- Cheryl Jacques, leader in the gay civil
rights movement and former MA State
Senator with Jennifer Crisler, Executive
Director of the Family Equality Council
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- The state of the gay civil rights movement and which
presidential candidates' positions were most and least
favorable for these issues.
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2007-12-15
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- Andres Silva, Senior Loan Officer at
ACCION
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- Microfinance: lending money to poor people all over the
world to help them work their way out of poverty,
including here in the Boston area.
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2007-12-08
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2007-12-01
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- What approaches most effective in reducing homelessness,
how Mark ended in this line of work, what we can do.
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2007-11-24
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- Sam Clark, ScD Public Health,
Researcher, Ethiopia
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- Public health in Ethiopia - what are the greatest needs,
what the government is doing, how we can help.
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2007-11-17
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- High-brow philosophy stuff.
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2007-11-17
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- Domestic violence in gay relationships - the problem, the
solution, the services. And insights: many have said that
domestic violence is a manifestation of patriarchy, but if it
occurs in gay relationships, what does that say about the
model?
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