In part two of our two-part podcast, civil rights attorney Chase Madar talks about researching his book The Passion of Bradley Manning and the future of Private First Class Manning.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
The Passion of Bradley Manning: Part One
In part one of our two-part podcast, civil rights attorney Chase Madar talks about his book The Passion of Bradley Manning and debunks three commonly held misconceptions about the case of Private First Class Manning.
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Download mp3 at www.archive.org
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Blockade: For that Deep Down Imperialist Thirst
Juan Cole, the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History, director of the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and author most recently of Engaging the Muslim World, talks about the consequences of current US sanctions against Iran.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Whistling Past the Graveyard
Peter Van Buren, a long-time State Department employee, whistleblower, blogger, TomDispatch regular, and author most recently of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, talks about what he went through to get his revealing book published, how whistleblowers are treated, and what his current status is at the Department of State.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Turn Your Head for a Moment...
Tom Engelhardt, founding editor of TomDispatch and author most recently of The United States of Fear, shares some of his reflections on the US national security state in the context of a recent trip he took out of the country.
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Download mp3 at www.archive.org
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Muslim Manchurian Candidate
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.
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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