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MAR 2, 2015 Podcast

Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics

Medical tourism is big business, involving millions of patients who travel abroad to get health care. Some travel to avoid queues and save money. Others ...

FEB 20, 2015 Podcast

Secularism and Liberalism in the Middle East: Conversation with Ahed Al Hendi (Syria) and Faisal Al-Mutar (Iraq)

How can the international community help human rights activists on the front lines? David Keyes and two dissidents discuss practical steps individuals can take.

FEB 18, 2015 Podcast

Ebola and Other Viral Outbreaks: Providing Health Care to the Global Poor in Times of Crisis

Why were initial responses to the Ebola outbreak so disastrously inadequate? How can dysfunctional health systems--at all levels--be improved, so that this doesn't happen again? ...

FEB 9, 2015 Podcast

A Conversation with Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and Champion of Liberal Arts Education

In this wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, Leon Botstein discusses Bard's innovative programs to serve the underserved, which include Bard high schools, prison education programs, and ...

FEB 5, 2015 Podcast

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe

"Europe has always been a place of conflict and malice and anger and hatred, between classes and between nations. The question now is, can it ...

Left to right: Barnett Rubin and Zahir Tanin. CREDIT: Johnson

JAN 26, 2015 Podcast

The Afghan Challenge

With a new president in charge, can Afghanistan find a way out of decades of conflict and oppression? What will be the effect of the ...

CREDIT: Gusta Johnson, Carnegie Council

JAN 22, 2015 Podcast

Extreme Political Parties in Greece: Economic and Cultural Factors

"There has been, in the period of the last 30 years especially, a breakdown of trust, not only between the governed and the government, but also ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/yuwenmemon/9522024093"> Yuwen Memon</a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/"> (CC)</a>

JAN 16, 2015 Podcast

Politics and Profits of Academia

Even if universities are not for profit, budgets loom large in higher education--and global markets hold revenue potential. In this episode, we look at three ...

JAN 15, 2015 Podcast

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2015

"The world in 2015 looks a lot more dangerous, a lot more vulnerable," says global political risk specialist Ian Bremmer in his annual forecast. He notes ...

CREDIT: Gusta Johnson

JAN 7, 2015 Podcast

Unaccountable: Janine Wedel on how Elite Power Brokers have Corrupted the U.S. System

Anthropologist Janine Wedel exposes America's "new corruption"--the unprecedented ways that many politicians, retired generals, academics, bankers, and physicians exploit their prestige and insider knowledge.