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The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty

MAR 23, 2009 Podcast

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty

It wouldn't take much to rescue those living in extreme poverty, says philosopher Peter Singer. If the top 90 percent of Americans gave at least 1 percent ...

MAR 23, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Baseball and Global Sports Development

What are the ethics of global sports development? Now that America's favorite pastime has gone global, is baseball watched and played for the love of ...

MAR 19, 2009 Podcast

Turkey Decoded

Ambassador Ann Dismorr examines Turkey's troubled relations with the EU, its role in the Middle East, its complex relationship with the U.S., and the ...

MAR 18, 2009 Podcast

Great Powers: America and the World after Bush

Military geostrategist Thomas P. M. Barnett argues that the 21st century will see the rise of a global middle class for the first time, which ...

A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America

MAR 17, 2009 Podcast

A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World

In an informed assessment of the past, present, and future of America's relations with the Muslim world, the CIA's point person on Islam, Emile A. ...

MAR 13, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Budgets, Cuban Policy, and Ethics?

Do we respect the wishes of anti-Castro Americans, to restrict trade, or the wishes of agriculture and medical sales interests, to open Cuban markets? If ...

MAR 11, 2009 Podcast

Political Futures Mar 09 Segment 5: The Fat Tail (8:51 mins)

How can the economic impact of political instabilities be predicted and managed? How well positioned is the United States to deal with shocks?

MAR 10, 2009 Podcast

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet

Economist Jeffrey Sachs focuses on the financial crisis, both in the U.S. and worldwide. He concludes that we should look at it as a ...

MAR 10, 2009 Podcast

Political Futures Mar 09 Segment 4: The Petro-states (6:13 mins)

Everyone is affected by the global economic crisis. But what are the special challenges facing petro-states, such as Venezuela, Iran, and Iraq?

MAR 10, 2009 Podcast

Political Futures Mar 09 Segment 3: US Foreign Policy (4:53 mins)

Is the new U.S. administration off to a good start with its approach to foreign policy?