John Feffer, the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus and author most recently of Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam, talks about his new book and Western intervention in predominantly Muslim countries.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Throwing Money at the Pentagon
William Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project the the Center for International Policy, and author of Prophets of War, talks about how numbers can be manipulated in budget proposals, defense spending, and what the true intentions might be behind the promises of current presidential hopefuls.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Ever More and Ever Less
Karen Greenberg, the executive director of the New York University Center on Law and Security, and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First One Hundred Days, talks about the current status of the American legal system as it applies to the so-called War on Terror and what Karen describes as 'legal limbo.'
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Race for What's Left
Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, a TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources, talks about his new book, and the realities of the increasing reliance on extreme energy.
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Download mp3 at www.archive.org
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Silent Treatment
Eyal Press, a New York-based journalist and author most recently of Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times, talks about American whistleblowers – what motivates them to speak out and what retaliation they may face.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Welcome to the House of Fund
Stephan Salisbury, the cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and author most recently of Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland, talks about federal funding of local police in the wake of 9/11 and the surveillance and policing of citizens across all of the United States.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The Untold War Story
Adam Hochschild, UC Berkeley professor and author most recently of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, talks about the largely untold stories of those in England who opposed involvement in WWI, their place in history, and the disastrous consequences of the war itself.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
From Liberation to Assassination
Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army Colonel, Boston University professor, author of Washington Rules, and editor most recently of The Short American Century, talks about the changing face of the so-called global war on terror.
Monday, February 13, 2012
America in Decline
Noam Chomsky, acclaimed linguist, MIT professor, author, and foreign policy critic, talks with Timothy MacBain about the decline of American power and the status of US presence in the Greater Middle East.
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Download mp3 at www.archive.org
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
This Blows
Peter Van Buren, long-time State Department employee and author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, talks about whistleblowers and the increasing measures the US government is taking to silence them.
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Download mp3 at www.archive.org
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